intensive

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The acknowledgment underscores that despite weeks of intensive U.S. operations targeting Iran’s missile infrastructure, the threat has not been fully eliminated and continues to be a factor in the military operation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

All needed hospital treatment, nine in intensive care.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But climate change and intensive farming have reduced the variety of flowers bees depend on.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

That set off days of intensive efforts using boats to make waves, then excavators to dig up sand and free the whale, as fears grew for its life.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The earliest and most intensive food production, and the densest populations, of Greater Australia arose in the highland valleys of New Guinea at altitudes between 4,000 and 9,000 feet above sea level.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond