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The ban sent mining firms scrambling to build plants to process lithium sulfate, a step along the value chain towards battery‑grade materials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Chemed, which owns Roto-Rooter and a chain of end-of-life hospices, gave its CEO $121,502 in tickets for Cincinnati Bengals games and other sports events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Because this type of multipoint investigation is reactive, the product that’s suspected of causing the illness may have already moved through the supply chain into stores or restaurants and has already been consumed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
In one tribunal last year, the pub chain Greene King was found to have failed to make reasonable adjustments for a chef who was dyslexic and struggled with reading orders.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The earth was torn beneath him, the chain held his head north.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Battery manufacturing requires extensive industrial supply chains that remain concentrated in Asia, with South Africa dominating the emerging sector on the continent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
This is not an accusation on the use of forced labour in supply chains.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Adoption of e-readers like the Kindle and Kobo didn’t replace physical books; and despite the shuttering of mass-market chains like Borders, Waldenbooks and B. Dalton, the last 30 years have seen a reading boom.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
In their report, the staffers also noted that there have been few well-run studies assessing the safety and efficacy of peptides, which are essentially instructors, telling amino-acid chains how to fix or improve certain cells.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Captain Smith seems satisfied with what I have learned about cooperation, and he unclamps my chains.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Searching for "secret information" that could help it cheat the evaluation, the OpenAI system "chained together multiple attack vectors, including using stolen credentials".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Brick is one of many programs and gadgets that have hit the market to help people who feel chained to their devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Boxes are typically bolted into concrete or chained in place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Jack quickly ran to the prince, who was chained to the wall opposite the fireplace.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Adding eight gigawatts of new demand to a 2.4 gigawatt system is like chaining an M1 Abrams tank to a Toyota Camry and expecting the two vehicles to drive calmly down the highway together.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
You and your husband have gone from wanting to sell this house to actually chaining yourself to the house and the future occupants.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
New offences were created including interfering with national infrastructure, "locking on" – chaining or gluing yourself to something – and tunnelling underground.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2025
Ben Williamson, who works for PeTA, says that the new box shows that people today no longer accept “the chaining and caging of wild animals.”
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 23, 2024
I’m actually surprised Rufus is chaining his bike to a gate and following me into the hospital.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
