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source

[sawrs, sohrs] / sΙ”rs, soʊrs /


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In addition, the White House was warned that canceling TPS for Salvadorans would disrupt construction projects in Washington, D.C., the New Yorker reported and a source with knowledge of the warnings confirmed they had occurred.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The approach strengthens superconductivity without directly driving the material with an external energy source.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bogong moths are thought to help plants spread pollen and are also a key food source for the mountain pygmy possum, a critically endangered cave-dwelling marsupial.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

And, as you have discovered, don’t rely on a single source of income, primarily because Social Security or one retirement account leaves you exposed to inflation, drops in equity markets and unexpected bills.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

I can almost hear my heart beating as I strain to detect the source of the noise.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

CNN, citing two sources also familiar with the matter, reported the pilot was removed from a job at Oman's national airline last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

But this week, the soccer world learned just how City spent nine years concealing the true sources of its income to bankroll one of the most expensive rosters ever to take the pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"We used the galaxies themselves as background light sources," said Zhu.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

From the conversations BBC Sport have had with sources close to the first team, there is certainly a significant level of concern as to how they will be affected.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Yet soothsayers are not always reliable sources of information,” she said at last.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

But currently, around 83% of India's finance for climate mitigation is sourced domestically, according to the government's economic survey.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Around 70% of its operational inputs, including pipes, chemicals and wellheads, are sourced locally, according to Rebecca Schulz, a senior oil analyst at the International Energy Agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

At LupinePet, which makes dog collars and leashes using materials sourced from around the world, costs have risen because of tariffs and fuel surcharges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The drones are powered by turbojet engines, some of which, according to Ukrainian military intelligence, are sourced from China.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

And even companies known for vertical integration, like Tesla, are sourcing their components from outside the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

He brought in new management and invested in technology, eventually sourcing a digital sensor small enough to fit its cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Inditex, which operates in 215 markets worldwide, said its business model, "characterised by flexibility, responsiveness and within-season sourcing, permits us to react to fashion trends, reinforcing our unique market position" in a fragmented sector.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

He says those sourcing fake versions are in effect behaving as lab rats without any medical oversight.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.

From The Dark Goddess by Richard Sharpe Shaver




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