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His muddy room contains a wooden bed under a mosquito net and a simple handmade table.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The human body contains three main forms of cartilage.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

The island also contains many culturally significant sites for the Chumash people.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

But under this Bolton standard, anyone who submits a book or article draft that contains classified material could potentially be charged with a crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

If it is different from all the numbers on the list, it can’t be on the list—but we already assumed our list contains all real numbers; after all, it was a perfect seating list.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife