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The no-frills airline requires at least one parent to sit with children aged two to 11 during a flight, but that means they must pay for what it calls a "mandatory family seat".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Unlike a virus, the parasite can’t spread directly from animal to animal, and it requires an open wound to infect an animal, Talbot said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Displacing call center workers, on the other hand, requires only a software update.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Their smaller size, however, requires equally compact propulsion systems.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

It requires an ability to move back and forth between the concrete and the abstract, the immediate example and a scientific theory, and this movement is conceptually and historically problematic.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton