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mass

[mas] / mæs /




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This is the broken link in the chain between a critical mass of American Jews and the faith’s biggest domestic organizations.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2026

They were protesting a fuel price hike and a free school meals programme that was blighted by mass food poisonings and corruption claims.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Will AI truly become an agent of mass destruction?

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

News helicopters are a vital part of news gathering in Southern California, helping chronicle brush fires, mass shootings and, of course, police pursuits.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Open water was becoming harder and harder to find: a shifting mass of ice stretched from one horizon to the next.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

He loved crime stories in which the culprit was the slippery masses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

More affordable EVs once seen as Tesla challengers that could appeal to the masses are hardly registering in sales data.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The exact limit depends strongly on the masses of the dark matter halos where those seeds originally formed.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

She wrote thousands of songs, but it was television that made her most popular ones, and her, accessible to the masses.

From Salon Aug. 26, 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

A day before that incident, hundreds of masked protesters massed in Dover, further east, briefly blocking access to the town's busy Channel port to demonstrate against migrant crossings.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

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

Among the U.S. servicemembers massed near the berm between Saudi Arabia and Iraq was Mark Hertling, a pensive Army major on his first combat deployment.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 9, 2026

About 8,000 miles from the Middle East, where U.S. forces massed over the past month to prepare for war, Heather Griffith has been jotting a string of rising numbers into a notebook.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

Desperate to get out, thousands of refugees headed to the airport and massed on the runway, making it impossible for planes to take off.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

A fire had ignited high in the hills of Pacific Palisades, and smoke was massing over the bone-dry ridgeline.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2025

What I would see if I were more alert to the situation is that the forces of destruction are already massing against me.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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