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This is the better-than-ten-bagger bet that AI luminaries talk up as they set out plans for trillions of dollars to be sunk into data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

But terrestrial biomass can be sunk only where supplies of waste are located near suitable bodies of water.

From Science Magazine Dec. 22, 2023

He added the company believed one tonne of carbon can be "sunk" with six shade trees.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2023

If Angela Colicchio, a Port Hueneme resident of six years, has her way, this effort will be sunk too.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2022

If the tide of bad press and angry editorials about the potential law continued, they both agreed that it would be sunk before it ever had a chance to be tested.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau




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