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fuse

[fyooz] / fyuz /


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Past and present don’t collide so much as they fuse together; they aren’t two opposing places in time, but rather, a straight line.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

I have relied on each in my career, and starting my own business was a way to fuse them.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

"Climate change and land clearing have shortened the fuse on global forest fires," said Prof Matthew Hansen of the University of Maryland.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The edgy appeal of “Erupcja” is in the way it maps humans as molecules and electrons, fizzed by location, inspired by connection, driven to hover, fuse and release.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

We waited until some coal cars rumbled past, and then I lit the fuse and ran back to the grass at the edge of the rosebushes.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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