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[wayv] / weɪv /




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The wave of deals reflects the mounting cost of building AI infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Swain said he’s less concerned about this week’s Kelvin wave than the prospect of future ones later this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

There was a wave of excitement in the crowd when Michael Shannon picked up a bullhorn, one of Stipe’s favored devices.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Magnetic effects could destroy them, just as the pair density wave explanation predicted.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

An overwhelming mix of shame, guilt and love wash over me like a giant wave.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Coastal communities are beginning to assess the damage from waves and flooding as Southern California braces for more potentially destructive conditions from a ‘coastally trapped Kelvin wave.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The observations provide the first direct evidence that quark-gluon plasma responds to fast-moving particles as a unified fluid, producing waves, splashes, and swirling motion instead of simply behaving as a collection of independently scattering particles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Reports of a plague laboratory worker's death in Siberia have caused waves of speculation outside Russia, but in the city where she worked, many appeared unfazed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

And instead of warm days in the summer, Boulder gets more heat waves that lead to “premature deaths” and “adverse economic impacts,” particularly on outdoor labor sectors like agriculture and construction.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026

The more stylish ladies with finger waves and cloche hats tilted their heads my way.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Aboard the popemobile, the smiling pontiff blessed several babies and waved to worshippers, as he made his way from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, where a giant white canopy was installed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Before the winner, Pierce Charles had saved a controversial penalty from Georgia captain Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and his brother Shea had an appeal waved away at the other end.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

And while GM Brandon Gomes publicly blamed the “ebbs and flows” of a season and not knee inflammation or biceps tightness, Ohtani waved wildly at pitches and piled up 22 strikeouts in 14 games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Customs agents have historically waved through low-value, personal-use packages rather than individually checking each one against the agency’s criteria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

We stood there and waved, Patch and I; then it fell to me to wrap Biddy, limp and quiet, in a bag, and to tie a rope around Muc’s neck.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Around him, fans tried to cool themselves by waving makeshift fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

They stopped calling on Najya in class, making her “so frustrated that, waving her hand furiously, she began to blurt out the answers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

They were greeted by crowds of onlookers playing music, singing, dancing and waving Israeli flags.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Berlin waving a worthless piece of paper signed by Hitler, naively promising “peace for our time.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Alicia, who could literally not move for an entire class period, even when the teacher was waving a pencil in front of her eyes.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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