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Is there anything more worrisome about today’s tech titans than the fact that they present as abundance-minded optimists but in actuality are gluttonous, scorched-earth pessimists?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

The five years, in actuality, starts from the point at which United get the green light to put spades in the ground.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

But in actuality, only a bit of traditional equipment got in before the ceasefire, and all equipment entries have stopped since then, said David Lehrer, a co-leader of the initiative.

From Salon ● Mar. 27, 2025

However, in actuality, an approaching wasp produces not just an electric field, but also sound and air currents, notes Jerome Casas, an insect physical ecologist at the University of Tours.

From Science Magazine ● May 20, 2024

In his mind Lefty Stephanides grew younger and younger while in actuality he continued to age, so that he often tried to lift things he couldn’t or to tackle stairs his legs couldn’t climb.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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