Mercury

Example Sentences

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Hot Jupiters are giant gas planets that orbit extremely close to their stars, even closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Dearica Hamby scored 27 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as the Sparks defeated the Mercury in Phoenix.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“The proposal maintains one distinctly Black-influence district while dispersing Black voters among other districts,” Phillip Thompson, executive director of the National Black Nonpartisan Redistricting Organization, wrote for the Virginia Mercury in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Then, in February, the administration formalized the rollback of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, in effect making the exemptions permanent.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

CBS and The Mercury Theatre received telegrams, phone calls, and letters that supported some of those accounts.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow