circulation
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The sheer number of guns in circulation, endemic corruption, lax enforcement of laws in all walks of life, the glorification of guns and a decades-long military culture are all contributing factors.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Earlier this week, Rabat said it was monitoring "the circulation of social media posts and messages of unknown origin" calling for a mass crossing Saturday, warning it would prosecute organisers and participants.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Measuring fluid circulation in and around the human brain could open the door to new ways of studying neurological disease and brain injury.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the region, with around 10 million firearms estimated to be in circulation -- roughly one for every seven inhabitants.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
He fretted in the hallways and stood looking out windows, shaking his hands as if to restore circulation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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As the world heats unevenly, this causes changes in the atmospheric circulations that steer storms across the planet.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
The code has been applied to a wide range of problems, from modeling the dynamics inside individual cells, to ocean and atmospheric circulations.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
“This tornado has been touching the ground intermittently so far and is moving east. There are additional circulations along the line south of O’Hare. Seek shelter if in the warned area,” it said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
ECCO, the project the new study is based on, simulated ocean circulations using supercomputers from NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and seven other international research entities.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2022
The seeds are sown almost everywhere, chiefly by newspaper circulations, infinitely more efficacious and extensive than ever they were.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
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