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Nonetheless, officials wanted to inject a neutralizing agent into that second tank, so that if the primary failing tank explodes, it doesn’t cause an even greater blast by igniting the second tank.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"But the report did show a correlation between, the more time you spend on social media the greater loss of wellbeing."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

One West Point cadet expressed this viewpoint in his jubilee speech, asking the audience: “What fifty years have ever witnessed greater improvements in science, literature, and politics?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

These levels could "impact cognition to a greater extent than what we previously thought, and may affect a much larger proportion of the population than we realize."

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

People who had migrated from their family farms to the coal camps and textile mills that had promised greater opportunity were forced to return home, including Colored men who had worked in the coal mines.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson