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ICDs can also cause what are known as inappropriate shocks - instances where the device is erroneously activated.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
In instances where the trucks are making deliveries to stores, PepsiCo employees are there to meet the trucks and unload them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
However, in both of those instances, the animal moved on quickly and was not captured by wildlife officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Other instances often coincided with periods in which the streamer was between releases of its top series.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
New Agers make all sorts of existence assertions: that ESP exists, that there have been instances of spoon bending, that spirits abound, that there are aliens among us, etc.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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