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"This formation is beautiful, but temporary, and has a limited life span," the park service said in 2021.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Today, Lynas runs a hard-rock mine in Australia, and processing operations that span Australia and Malaysia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The 72 systems span different stages of planetary development.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
In satellite images nor'easters can look strikingly like a hurricane, with spiraling clouds forming over the ocean that span hundreds of miles of coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
In the span of a few days, Pong had become exactly what the Governor said he was.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
“My service has spanned both Republican and Democratic administrations. I am not a politician, and I have no partisan loyalties,” he said.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Memphis pro wrestling legend “Superstar” Bill Dundee, whose career spanned more than five decades and included iconic feuds and tag-team runs with Jerry “The King” Lawler, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
That relationship has spanned several transfer windows and included Rogers' move to Stamford Bridge this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
That investigation spanned seven years and roped in more than a dozen other automakers, identifying over 4,000 reports of sunroof fractures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The bridge spanned a dry gully, which sheltered them as they slept.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
I’ve been laid off multiple times in my short career and I have lost faith that the traditional career spanning decades at one company even exists anymore.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Roughly spanning today’s Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, the Central European theater stood on the grave of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, partitioned between Austria, Prussia and Russia in the late 18th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
A proposed data centre spanning 101 acres would have a "heartbreaking" effect on the landscape and wildlife, campaigners have warned.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
They crossed a small bamboo bridge spanning one of the many creeks that curved in through the muddy banks of the island.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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President Obama's Speech at Hiroshima
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Civil Engineering
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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