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One received active nerve stimulation, while the other used a sham device designed to serve as a comparison.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Adults who often serve as vital caregivers confront what it means to welcome grandchildren later in life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
While frontier AI labs and major cloud-services providers compete to make and serve the best models, at the end of the day, their heavy spending benefits Nvidia, Behan said in emailed comments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Betancourt, who will serve as the chief executive, is the only board member named by the agreement.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Once a year, Washington also issued each enslaved worker a new blanket that often had to serve double duty for farm chores—like gathering wood or vegetables—as well as keeping warm.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Attanasio, who made his fortune in money management in Los Angeles, serves on the board of LA28, Harvard-Westlake High and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
A figure like Thomas serves as a living symbol of its cultural greatness—connecting back to Beethoven, Goethe, Bach—coveted by both sides of this newly bisected nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
"Our litigation is intended to protect this community jewel for the people and communities it serves," Democracy Forward, the group representing the plaintiffs, said in a statement on social media.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Musk says that both companies have formed special board committees to discuss a potential merger, adding that he serves on neither committee and that no deal is guaranteed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
In chess, a second’s job is to be an attendant, advisor, advocate, and majordomo for the player he serves.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Participants are served food and drinks, with each event inspiring a signature cocktail.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said 57 of California’s 58 counties were served the letters, with the exception of Los Angeles, which had already received a notice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
California's most recent Republican governor was "The Terminator" actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who served from 2003 to 2011.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Student List is up against a Serbian leader who has served successively as deputy prime minister, prime minister and president since 2012.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“It must be him. And the time he served with the Snow Queen...I mean, Snow White...”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Trucks serving these places travel long distances and at times were mostly empty.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
He was accused of serving in Ukraine's armed forces and convicted in a trial in Moscow before being sentenced to six years and 10 months.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush, officials said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Early on in “Klara and the Sun,” Michael Giacchino’s aggressively precious score makes its first appearance, practically serving as a warning for what’s to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Conscription was introduced in May 1917, and by the war’s end, nearly 4 million men were serving with the United States ground forces.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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