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“I owe it to my children to truthfully document what they and I have endured,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

In the team's latest work, the newly identified superconductors, YRu3B2 and LuRu3B2, owe their properties to electrons forming flat bands within a kagome lattice, a geometric arrangement inspired by traditional Japanese basket weaving patterns.

From Science Daily • Jul. 7, 2026

As Tocqueville intuited long ago, Americans owe much of that to the democracy the founders built.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

The exaggerated stock market moves owe much to heavy speculation by retail investors using leveraged products to capitalize on the Kospi’s record-breaking rally that started in the spring of 2025.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 3, 2026

I wanted to start fresh in Montana, not owe anyone anything.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson