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One is a mode of being, the other, of happening.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
“Saying we’re stuck in pilot mode is this outdated idea that’s wrong,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
For the last year, Joel Galvez and Leanor Torres have been in survival mode.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Platner, in damage-control mode, acknowledged that he was occasionally a lousy boyfriend but denied any sort of physical abuse, swore that he has cleaned up his act, and pledged that no more skeletons will emerge.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
Ms. Wockley stood at the door to the school, her face a pink raisin, made raisinier whenever she was in discipline mode, which was all the time.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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