industrial

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Over the next week, the fire continued to burn through dense insulation foam within the building’s walls and other unknown industrial materials, blanketing much of L.A. in acrid smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

In Frankfurt, Samson, a maker of industrial valves, expects around 450 of its approximately 2,000 German employees to retire within the next seven to eight years.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

When the U.S. finally entered World War I in 1917, America’s vast industrial resources helped Allies keep fighting before U.S. troops arrived, and then tipped the balance after forces landed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Patients have seen hundreds of thousands appointments cancelled due to industrial action over the past few years.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

Highly educated workers benefited from the pace of technological change and the increased use of computer-based technologies, but blue-collar workers often found themselves displaced in the sudden transition from an industrial to a service economy.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander