clinging

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Despite all that, Bores, a former employee of surveillance tech giant Palantir, insists he’s not against A.I.—he’s just trying to make it work for those of us still stubbornly clinging to our carbon-based brains.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Togelius is clinging to hope, grounded in his decades of industry experience, that the potential of AI will ultimately create more immersive virtual worlds.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

“I’m afraid to go inside and not find her,” Masoumeh Mehran said, clinging to the hope that one day “the door will open and Setayesh will walk in wearing her school uniform.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In the lead-up to the Great Depression, they hoarded coins and bullion, clinging to their wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The fuming concoction sent swirls of steam up to the cave ceiling, where bats flapped their wings, clinging upside down from their claws, and pit vipers uncoiled themselves from thick iron hooks.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall