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What’s different this time, Bechtel says, is that fusion has finally passed a key milestone—achieving net energy gain.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
A third Turkish-owned ship has passed through the war-torn Strait of Hormuz, Turkey's Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
It is symbolic of your enterprising younger self, and all of those fancy cars and five-star vacations that you passed up on, perhaps using that money as a down payment on your next property instead.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
So many moments, so many stories that will be told and retold among this generation of Dodgers fans and passed down to the next.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
It was like walking through a playhouse; we passed a deserted living room with a settee beside a fireplace, then a fake patio, then an artist’s loft.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.