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India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned on Saturday after mass youth-led protests demanded his ouster in anger over a string of irregularities in potentially life-changing exams.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Rather than manually extracting proteins and peptides from tissues and then using methods such as mass spectrometry to identify huge numbers of molecules, the researchers created a computer algorithm called Peptide Predictor.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
If you’re flying this weekend, here’s hoping we avoid a repeat of last weekend’s mass cancellations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
By 2014, Truelove had come to believe that the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., never happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
My eyes hurt and my vision is blurry, but yes, there is the den, rising like a dark mass, blocking the stars.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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After 20 minutes, they found a spot — and joined the masses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Here soaring horns sit atop dripping, spattered masses, the high polish and sharp points of the parabolic shapes complementing the curvaceous, organically decorated bases below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Whether it be sport, music, or religion, the Azteca is built for moments when masses of people come together to feel alive.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The event was produced when two black holes with masses of approximately 26 and 30 times that of the Sun merged more than three billion light-years from Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
“John! Natalie!” the voice repeated, and I turned to see Mikayla’s mom, shouldering her way through the masses, eyes trained on me.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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Tens of thousands of allied troops were massed on Iraq and Kuwait's borders for the ground war, which was still nine days away.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Thousands massed in the Philippine capital on Sunday demanding accountability over a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure scandal that has seen scores of officials, lawmakers and construction firm owners accused of corruption.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
“Autumn,” while sparser, has its subjects massed at the edges, offering a connection between the verdant periods that come before and the chilly days that lay ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
He has also massed 25,000 soldiers near Colombia, a likely vector for infiltration.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
He saw a lone warrior standing on a stone bridge, facing an entire army massed on the far side of the Tiber River.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Tankers are already massing outside the Strait to fill up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Mr. Bernthal, an Emmy winner for “The Bear,” imbues Sonny with a pinballing energy as he gabbles orders at the hostages and begins flailing negotiations with the cops massing outside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Many of the fishing boats involved in the December and January massing events were likely part of China's maritime militia, some experts said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Following restoration work which took place last year, Gualtieri introduced a queuing system to prevent large crowds massing around the landmark.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
The small voices were massing together, getting closer.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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