pour
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Investment in the industry has surged, with US tech giants including Google, Amazon and Meta pledging to pour more than $650bn into AI projects this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
They say it’s always sunny in Los Angeles, but inside the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, you can count on it to pour eight shows a week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The discrepancy did not affect the final result, but it did pour fuel on the fire of the conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
And Meta announced a $1 billion fund in August to pour money into the communities where it has data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Working twelve-hour days in the tropical heat, teams raced to pour concrete rocket-launching pads.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Water has relatively low viscosity and pours easily, while honey and tar are much more viscous and move slowly.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
But some of the pollution bypasses the plants and pours directly into the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The petition was started by TVP federation chair Aileen O'Connor who said the decision to consider the killers for early release "pours salt into wounds that have never healed".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
While the company pours money into its cash-burning AI efforts, its mature space operations have scored big wins of late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
She pours a cup of coffee and doesn’t drink it.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Investors are grappling with the possibility that the copious investment dollars poured into chips and hardware could dry up.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Thick black smoke poured from a window shortly afterwards, before firefighters managed to put out the blaze.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
After Day died, her works poured from the presses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Yellow caution tape fluttered in the wind as water poured into a room strewn with wooden debris, an upturned refrigerator and a television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The almost-full moon poured its pale, cool light through the window of the hayloft, like fresh milk into a pitcher.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The U.S. is one of the undeniable winners of the AI boom, with tech giants pouring money into technology infrastructure across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
A key player was national security adviser Jonathan Powell, who shuttled between Washington and Kyiv pouring oil on troubled waters.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Strong shaking in Panama City, over 200 kilometers from the epicenter, sent panicked people pouring into the streets from the capital's numerous high-rise buildings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Conflicts in the Middle East and Europe have reminded the world of its reliance on the former, and gobs of the latter are pouring in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
There were only the sounds of the café—people talking in other corners, beans grinding, coffee pouring.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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