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But she agreed that July’s dozens-fold repeat of the 2023 attack pointed to a failure to implement and audit CISA’s earlier guidance—guidance that, again, merely amounted to “Set better passwords.”
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
At first, Irma and her sister Connie were hesitant; after receiving hundreds of pitches to tribute their brother, which never amounted to anything, they wanted to make sure Flores was the real deal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The team believe the engine had a performance deficit that amounted to about 1.5 seconds in lap time compared to the best in the first part of the season.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Inflows amounted to 89 billion kroner after deduction of expenses, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Inside the thin platinum-plated “skin” of the globe was a positronic brain, in whose delicately unstable structure were enforced calculated neuronic paths, which imbued each robot with what amounted to a pre-natal education.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
