earth

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Atsuyoshi Koike, the public face of Japan’s effort to muscle back into the semiconductor industry it used to dominate, first needs to prove he can make them on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

First, though, he has to prove he can do it on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“When oil spikes, every energy-importing economy on earth suddenly needs more dollars to pay for it. Europe, Turkey, Japan, India — they’re all scrambling for dollar liquidity at the same time,” Skoyles said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Match of the Day pundit Alan Shearer agreed and said: "You should have given a penalty when you gave two like that. How on earth do you not give another one."

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

How on earth could the little monkeys have gotten out of the net?

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls