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Another example involves a system of faults all primed to rupture, but there’s somehow a delay in a second part of the fault rupturing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Australia tried to make a game of it in a second half that turned increasingly chippy, but the U.S. defense held firm.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Speaking from the witness stand in a second civil lawsuit against OpenAI last month, Musk ranked the top AI models, laying bare how much work xAI has to do to reach rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

A further 30 homes have been evacuated in a second Clackmannanshire street after ground movement was reported in the area.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Someone in a second DNR truck was doing that right now—firing cracker shells into the air from a shotgun as they chased a big dirty polar bear back to the tundra.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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