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Josner Herrera is sick and tired of dealing with daily power cuts, especially when her part of western Venezuela produces a fair bit of electricity.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
These bats are especially interesting because closely related species can have dramatically different lifespans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Ottoman Caliphate zone, especially, frowned on painting humans from life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
"This is petrol stations, it's shopping malls, it's business centres, but it's especially energy infrastructure, energy transmission lines, and so on. There is absolutely no justification for that," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It carried only two people, though, especially if one of you was Tansy.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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