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Digital monitoring group NetBlocks, which said this was the longest nationwide internet shutdown in modern history, confirmed connections had been partly restored.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

It found that chlorhexidine, an antiseptic mouthwash, disrupted nitrate processing and reduced gastric nitric oxide synthesis, while dietary nitrate supplementation partly preserved microbial function and nitric oxide related signaling during antiseptic use.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Not to sound presumptuous, but I feel partly responsible for the fact that you’re in contention for the job.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

At four years old she was playing football in the street with her older brother Jesus, an early education in the game that partly explains the flair, agility and speed she would become known for.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“It is partly a charity-school: you and I, and all the rest of us, are charity-children. I suppose you are an orphan: are not either your father or your mother dead?”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë