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[throh] / θroʊ /




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Governments need to throw their legislative weight behind speedy rollouts of more energy capacity for electricity-hungry AI technology, with Britain having some of the highest electricity prices in the advanced world, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Earlier, AFP saw two people climb over the education ministry wall and throw flares into the building.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

"I thought that if anything untoward happened, I'd have that time and space to let my body recover before I'd have to sort of throw it into elite training."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Henderson tried to pick off Edman, but his errant throw gave the Dodgers the lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

I have made many mistakes in my life, and will probably make many more, but I hope never to throw a stick at a bear again.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

"You can imagine the dilemma this throws AI into," says François Yvon, a research director specialised in automatic translation with the French National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Felipe taught himself how to program as a teenager and is developing his own game, although he acknowledges that working in Cuba throws up constant obstacles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Hartnett always includes in his fund-manager-survey note the contrarian trades that the survey throws up.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Dodgers hitters are stymied by the Brewers bullpen, which throws five perfect innings in a 7-4 win that gives Milwaukee a 2-0 lead in the NLCS.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

I watch as Kendrick throws his backpack over one shoulder and walks up the aisle while Mr. Stanley digs around in his desk drawer for the hall pass.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

Eventually, the robot gripped the glass by the rim, maneuvered it into place and threw its hands in the air in triumph.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bondi’s memo also threw shade by implication at the use of human translators, while boosting A.I.:

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

He dotted the upper rail with his fastball, threw his curveball for both swing-and-miss and called strikes, and mixed in his changeup to right-handed batters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

They also found a World War II grenade, which threw, well, another grenade into the schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The man smiled grimly at the crowd, and I threw that idea out too.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

They’ve thrown open the National Petroleum Reserve and held a record-breaking lease sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

And yet, despite all the tirades thrown Tanden’s way, the isolation doesn’t bother her.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

He claimed the footballer had called him "a cripple", which had upset him, and said he had thrown chewing gum on to the floor rather than at Semenyo.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Or whether it will be thrown at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Elliot had essentially thrown the contents of a toilet used by a boatful of sailors over the top of me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

He finished the day with 210 passing yards on 19 attempts, meaning he averaged more than 10 yards per attempt both running and throwing the ball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

He completed 14 of 24 passes for 121 yards, his lowest passing total since throwing for 81 yards in a 35-6 loss at Jacksonville last November.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Kenya's Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen told the BBC that the police action had been "restrained" after the crowd starting throwing stones.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Van Meter and her husband felt guilty throwing out their parents’ photo albums and boxes of slides even though they never looked at them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Help,” I tried again, throwing my head away from his uniform.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse


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