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Local police chief I Kadek Dwi Yoga Sidhimantra described the object as "a fairly large aluminium plate measuring up to nine metres with an irregular shape and visible burn marks".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heartbeat that can allow blood clots to form in the heart.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
It said some of the officers and employees involved with previously disclosed irregular accounting still hold positions of responsibility in the financial reporting process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Along irregular coastlines and on small islands, the nearest grid cells are chosen to match the shape of the coastline or island, but no cells are further than 7km away.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The noise from the party had risen in geometrically spiraling quantities in irregular intervals since the affair had begun shortly after noon.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Of the distinct combats that historians have identified, more than 90% were not primarily fought by formally organized regular troops but instead involved district militias and other irregulars, including Native American warriors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
The Pentagon term for the irregulars is “enabled forces.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2018
A small percentage of galaxies with more disorganized shapes are classified as irregulars.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Then he materialized, followed by a raggle-taggle army, Muhammad Ali’s irregulars, your basic rainbow coalition of the late 1960s, falling in step behind him, chanting: “Muhammad Ali is our champ! Muhammad Ali is our champ!”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016
The Virgo cluster is already the richest collection of galaxies known, replete with spirals and ellipticals and irregulars, a jewel box in the sky.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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