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The initiative’s budget is reportedly set at $38.3 billion.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
Heavily metaphoric and less intimately provocative than the French writer-director’s previous movies, “Alpha” is a domestic drama that may not necessarily be set at the end of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
South Korea's ruling party said the country will lift a cap on coal-powered generation capacity set at 80 percent and boost the use of nuclear power to about the same level.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
The loans are floating-rate, meaning their interest rates are set at a specific spread above the benchmark rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Spizz used it in traps he set at the dump for the rats that bred in the old mine shafts and came out to swarm the town.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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