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material

[muh-teer-ee-uhl] / məˈtɪər i əl /






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Chief Financial Officer Mats Backman said at the event that Volvo is starting to see an impact on raw material costs from the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

That's where many residents are still dealing with the fallout from the discovery that their homes were built with a potentially dangerous building material.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

He genuinely liked the material, and he liked the way we were ascending, building our audience and growing creatively and commercially.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

It is not clear how the unapproved material made it into the tainted copies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

If Bagdikian could get his hands on the Pentagon Papers, would the Washington Post risk printing this same material?

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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