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To investigate how these changes occur, the research team developed an unusual experimental setup that combined augmented reality with real-time brain imaging.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
As the brother and sister forge lives, more tragedies occur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
As for the potential harm: All the big environmental questions about invasive species occur when you’re planting a large number of trees—hundreds or more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Without at least two more quarter-point rate hikes, she added, inflation will continue to trend above the Fed’s 2% target, unless unexpected shocks to the economy, like a downturn, occur.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The arguments over Bailey’s future began early and occur frequently, though at this point they often devolve into repetitive phrases and tense silences.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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As the law says: "A holding offence occurs only when a player's contact with an opponent's body or equipment impedes the opponent's movement."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The discovery centers on an unexpected transformation that occurs in the developing retina before birth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Studies have repeatedly found that fraud occurs at very low levels in US elections, particularly when it comes to non-citizens voting, and does not affect the outcomes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Arteriosclerosis occurs when blood vessels carrying oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the body become thick and stiff, according to the Mayo Clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
It’s raspy and frantic and the thought occurs to me I might be starting to hyperventilate.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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The researchers discovered that mouse fetuses were especially vulnerable when inflammation occurred 12.5 days into pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Tenerife and Andorra were drawing 2-2 seven minutes into stoppage time when the incident occurred.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Most of the more serious attacks occurred in October, after the third quarter ended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
A similar budget impasse occurred a year ago, when De Wever nearly tendered his resignation to the king.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
It occurred to me that gnomes didn’t really have brains, just some space in their heads that stored all our words and spat them back out when they reached the receiver.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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When I spoke with him last Thursday, the veteran journalist repeated his belief in the press’ witnessing role, unshaken by the massive changes occurring in the news industry.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Since only 25% of all days since 1971 were in one of those bear markets, this means that big one-day plunges are associated with three-times-higher odds of occurring during a primary downtrend.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Health authorities at the time said that high temperatures had caused naturally occurring anthrax spores in the environment to become contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Environmental Protection Agency notes that a landfill temperature of 131 degrees Fahrenheit or above may indicate that a SET event is occurring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The rather modern-looking human skulls from Africa around 100,000 years ago have been taken to support the former view, with the leap occurring specifically in Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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