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Hal and John also stand apart from other test pilots, Marines and field experts in ways that make them not merely suitable choices for superheroic duty but worthy of it.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Researchers described the star as being "torn up" as the immense gravity of the black hole pulled it apart and consumed its material piece by piece.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Lara was – apart from when she rolled in mud – a bright white furry bundle of Westie joy who wasn't far off her 11th birthday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He then invokes the term at least a dozen times before defining it—belief “in a Spiritual Law that exists apart from the physical world”—26 pages later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The sandy-haired man, feet spread apart, blocks the way.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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