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[kloud] / klaʊd /






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The new product allows customers to run multimodal predictive generative AI in a hybrid cloud environment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Rather than seeing neurotransmitter release confined to one channel, they observed broad, cloud like patterns of activity, revealing extensive communication between different bipolar cell types.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

"The referendum is the cloud over everything," said Corey Hogan, a Liberal MP from Calgary who invited dozens of his colleagues from across the country to this year's stampede to promote unity.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Austin Crilly, an 87-year-old British resident evacuated by police from the wildfire zone, told AFP he was watching television when he "saw a huge black cloud, well I thought it was a cloud".

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

"The stream flows down from the mountaintop, above the cloud," she was saying.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Heat domes are large areas of high pressure, where sinking air suppresses development of precipitation and clouds, allowing heat to build up over days and weeks.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

No one is sure where it came from: “It flew down from the clouds, or so it was said.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

For the longest time, the residents of Val Verde could not find a lawyer willing to fight the landfill enveloping their neighborhood in clouds of stench.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Thick lanes of dust stand out as dark filaments because they are dense enough to resist being worn away, creating dramatic contrast against the glowing red clouds.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The name soared into the sky and clouds.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Portrayed by Golshifteh Farahani with a beguiling compassion clouded by a certain resignation, Nafisi sets out to teach her students “The Great Gatsby” but can’t avoid stepping on political landmines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The pool was clouded with algae within days of being refilled and large pieces of the new sealant could be seen peeling from the bottom.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The Iranian team's participation had been clouded by the hostilities, and an original plan to base their training camp in Arizona was nixed in favor of a location in Tijuana, just over the Mexican border.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

I tried staying faithful to you but Arte Moreno’s interference in our relationship has clouded my better judgment.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

Jake stared at him with clouded, mystical eyes.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Today, severe corneal clouding often requires a full corneal transplant.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

But no one who has worked in late-night television in recent years can dispute how financial challenges are clouding the format’s future.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

The markets got an unwelcome reminder today that the war in Iran isn’t over, clouding a picture that’s recently been dominated by sunny earnings reports.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

Critics have raised the spectre of "circular financing" deals in which investments by Nvidia in other companies may be clouding perceptions about how robust AI demand really is.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

She turns the page and points at something else, but I don’t see it through the fog of tears clouding my vision.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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