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That motion is caused by the Magnus effect, a familiar piece of physics that also influences the flight of larger balls in sports such as soccer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The boundaries include swaths of Kern, Kings and Tulare counties, along with a very small piece of Madera County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Looking back, it's so cringe because I just remember so clearly him sliding that piece of paper back to me and being like, ‘Fine.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Minal was my missing puzzle piece I had waited so long for.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Disappointment rims her eyes and a piece of my heart dies a little.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Can you make sense of lots of disparate pieces of information?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
However, his mum Eimear Savage said her son was fascinated with the chess board and pieces the moment he first saw them.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
My dream collection consists of the most unique archive pieces of each designer I collect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It can detect small pieces of proteins that originate inside a cancer cell and are then transported to the cell surface, where they act like identifying tags.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
I catch bits and pieces of conversation from parents who came so their kids will one day be able to vote without fear.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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It’s a collection of songs pieced together from perfect-seeming snippets heard while passing open doors.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
The summer squad rebuilding plans are being pieced together in the belief Rashford will not be part of them.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Suzanne Sando, a lead analyst in fraud management at Javelin Strategy & Research, says people often underestimate how much information can be pieced together from what feels like harmless conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
"If you took all the land on Earth and pieced it together, you would not cover the Pacific Ocean. The oceans are so big, and there's so much left to explore."
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
In the days that followed, the regiment pieced together what had happened to Lyuba and Vera.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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An ambiguous exploration of literature and voyeurism, the Nobel laureate’s 1997 novel follows a middle-aged clerk who becomes obsessed with piecing together the life of a woman he doesn’t know.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
DNA from descendants has become essential for identifying more of the Franklin expedition's dead and for piecing together details of the crew's final attempt to escape.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Douglas Keeve’s sublime 1995 documentary, “Unzipped,” follows Mizrahi in the aftermath of a train wreck, piecing his reputation back together with his next collection, attempting to make something beautiful from the rubble.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
He said detectives were piecing together how the "sensitive and complex" incident happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Peter Paul Peckleman’s claim to fame was further confirmation that piecing together the picture puzzle would show Charles how to escape from the library.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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