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[pees] / pis /




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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

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

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

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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