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The robots provide a useful service and help cut down on traffic and emissions, they claim.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

Law enforcement agencies across the region told The Times they’re trying to increase education for parents and young riders to cut down on dangerous crashes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

At a public meeting in Hyderabad last month, Mr. Modi appealed to Indians to cut down on gold imports and foreign travel to conserve foreign exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Warsh has a lot more sway on how to cut down on communication.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

When it was safer, they’d agreed, when the Taliban cut down on their raids, in a month or two or six, or maybe longer, they would dig the TV up.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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