gravity
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Striker Folarin Balogun, one of 13 World Cup newbies on the U.S. team, said he doesn’t expect the gravity of the experience to hit him until he lines up for Friday’s opening game with Paraguay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Similarly, many objects in the Kuiper Belt show signs of their orbits being affected by more than just the Sun’s gravity.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
Despite the company's lack of a competitive AI offering, Apple shares have largely defied gravity over the past two years, and the stock is up about 15 percent this year.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
"Given the nature and gravity of the offences, only a substantial prison sentence will suffice," said the court in Assen, in the north of the country.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Above this Chandrasekhar limit a star’s gravity will pull on itself so strongly that electrons can’t stop its collapse.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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