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Holmes hauls out of storage the infamous Theranos device, the machine that helped bring down her company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

World affairs seldom provide easy answers, however, and developments elsewhere have threatened to undermine his efforts to bring down fuel prices before they provide any political benefit.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

U.K. law allows only police and prison officers to jam or bring down a drone in a public space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Abubakar has floated a plan for a "targeted" subsidy, described as "capped and budgeted production support tied to fuel refined in Nigeria" to help bring down prices at the pump.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Stopping midtirade, he asked, “How would you bring down that bird?”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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