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Many current systems use superconducting circuits, but these are highly sensitive to electromagnetic noise and stray electrical charges - similar to the static electricity that can make hair cling to a balloon.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Health officials are urging residents to take preventive measures by using flea control year-round on their pets and not feeding stray animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Happy ending for stray pup that sparked wild tarmac chase.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Even a stray grain or hairline defect means the part has to be scrapped, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“When you were four, you named your teddy bear Beary. And last year, when that stray cat kept coming into our yard, you named her Patches.”

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

“Too often, the U.S. strays from long-term economic priorities, while China can go too far and fail to acknowledge its mistakes until it is too late. There is a happy median in there somewhere.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

When our conversation strays into this territory, he turns blunt.

From Salon ● May 15, 2026

Noah telling Kendrick “I remembered what you can do to lightskinned dudes from other countries” - Drake is never not catching strays at the Grammys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

For casual listeners, there are other signs: Inconsistent drum patterns, bland lyrics, and a singer who never strays from the melody or lets rip on the final chorus.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

The cloud itself is essentially just a zone of statistical probability marking the area beyond which the electron only very seldom strays.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

He dedicated that win to British cyclist Finlay Tarling, 19, who died on 14 August during the Volta a Portugal following a high-speed collision with a van that had strayed on to the closed road.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mixue has strayed from its playbook by opening in expensive Manhattan and Hollywood ZIP Codes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

On our way back down, an Australian tourist strayed from the path toward a tunnel entrance.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Inflation has strayed above the Fed target for more than five years.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Everybody’s health was proposed, from Mr. Laurence, who was considered their special patron, to the astonished guinea pig, who had strayed from its proper sphere in search of its young master.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

Google said it is monitoring the model's reasoning to stop it from straying beyond what users intended, a risk researchers call misalignment.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Treasury market has been quiet lately, with 10-year debt barely straying from a yield of 4.3% in April.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

A lost wife, a straying man, a better life, a place to come to rest, a purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The couple's approach taps into a bigger shift in UK tourism, straying away from standard accommodation and towards what industry observers describe as "experience-led travel", where the stay itself becomes the destination.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

The cause of all the commotion sat serenely, his rapt, innocent gaze never straying from the minister’s face, his hand still cupped over the imprisoned fly.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare