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“Paraquat is bad news for farmers, farmworkers and public health,” said Del Chiaro of EWG.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

SpaceX’s aggressive push to provide computing resources for artificial-intelligence companies could spell bad news for neocloud companies, according to analysts.

From MarketWatch Aug. 8, 2026

You learn your parents’ registers the way you learn weather, and this was the register of bad news from far away.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

Well the bad news is there's no cure, but it is possible to mitigate it.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The bad news was that it was located at the back of his head right above his neck.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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