extreme
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Research suggests that 58 of less than 800 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans, or around 7% of the total species, were killed as a result of the extreme weather event last November.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
A super-strength El Niño appears to be taking shape in the Pacific Ocean, heightening concerns that Southern California could be in for an extreme rainy season.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Concerns have been mounting about extreme leverage amid the speculative frenzy that has surrounded the Korean equity market over the last year or so.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
This is something more extreme: the construction of an entirely separate reality in real time, one that rejects the evidence of the senses.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
The original mortgage bond market had come into the world in much the same way, messily, coaxed into existence by the extreme interest of a small handful of people on the margins of high finance.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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