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YouTube’s annual upfront gatherings used to have the feel of an alternative show business universe, with personalities who built their rabid followings on the streaming platform far away from the audiences for traditional TV.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

When Levy built his home, he offered a public-access easement as a condition of his permit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The move signals to Hanoi—which also claims the Paracels and has built its own outposts over the last year and a half—that China can build bigger and faster.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He wrote his entry - Eins, Zwei, Drei - on a synthesiser he built in his garage, and it has sounds like Fat Les's Vindaloo, as performed by Kraftwerk.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

I built a fire in the cooker and fed the dogs part of their food and ate some of my own.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell