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Bernhardt Tiede can have a stroke in a cell recorded to be above 110 degrees, sue over it, and still not carry a score by the time his own case reaches trial.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2026

Forecasters are calling for a slow cooling trend starting Sunday but warned that temperatures would still be above normal and would remain that way for the foreseeable future as the high pressure persists.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

As westerly winds and Atlantic air takes over, temperatures will still be above, but much closer to the seasonal average on Sunday, peaking in the high teens to the mid twenties.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

The comments echo ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane, who said last week that he continued to see a prolonged period in which inflation would be above target.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Nor is it a new thing for man to invent an existence that he imagines to be above the rest of life; this has been his most consistent intellectual exertion down the millennia.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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