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But miners are more able to compete for available supplies than, for example, Indian fertilizer producers, said Harrisson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

I have been disturbed to see how seriously many of my patients have taken the panic around microplastics and fertility to heart, as if using wooden cutting boards will negate age-related infertility, for example.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

In the brain, for example, microglia, which are the macrophages of the central nervous system, may become senescent in conditions like Alzheimer's disease as they encounter large amounts of cellular debris.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

There are anecdotes about Trump voters being upset, for example, about rising gas prices.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

It is very different to say, for example, that “William Lee was born enslaved” than it is to say, “William Lee was Washington’s slave.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis