potential
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Here are five things to know about that potential merger, unlikely as it may seen.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The risk, they say, is that the agents will act using bad data, creating problems that have the potential to snowball within a user’s computer system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
At a second trial, Heaps faced the prospect of more charges and a potential conviction with a longer sentence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
He vowed to harness Scotland's "incredible renewable potential" to lower energy bills, as well as restoring Scotland's ancient Atlantic rainforest.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
There’s, like, ten different potential historical traumas that have messed us up enough that we can still talk to dead people, I guess.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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