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A Downing Street source said "the vast majority" of the public will not see or interact with content that is coming from government or the prime minister's social media channels.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The sector is being driven by solar power, whose generation is expected to surpass that of wind in 2026 and thus "become the world's second-largest source of renewable electricity generation after hydropower," the IEA wrote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The couple worked with designer Tammy Price on the project—with Kimberly explaining that their first request for her was to source furniture that would work both inside and out.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 1982, Il Yeon Kwon, a Korean immigrant, realized that New Yorkers needed a reliable source for napa cabbage, the essential ingredient in kimchi, and opened a small grocery store in Queens.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
This was Chisholm’s system for contact with her Soviet source.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The authorisations used were "disproportionate" and broke the law on privacy and the protection of confidential journalistic sources.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Today's outcome is a victory for The New York Times and for every journalist who relies on confidential sources to report in the public interest," RSF said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
If you’re not up to speed on the various sources of disputation in Lebanon’s history, don’t worry; writer-director Cyril Aris’s characters don’t care about politics and don’t discuss it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
L.A.’s unsheltered homeless population — those living outside or in their vehicles — saw an even bigger jump, increasing by 7.9% after two consecutive years of decreases, those sources said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I stop on the blacktop to check in the garbage—I cannot skip any sources of can money—and hear these feet slap, slap over to me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Nammo produces nitrocellulose in Vihtavuori, Finland, using wood pulp sourced from Nordic countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The agriculture company announced on Friday that it was voluntarily removing all iceberg lettuce from the US market sourced from central Mexico and issued a list of affected products.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
On its website, the company said it was voluntarily removing from the U.S. market all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Energy companies are viewed as a natural fit for producing lithium, which is sourced by pumping salty brines from underground using similar techniques to oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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It’s easy to imagine Netflix sourcing TV shows and films made from all over the world, with less reliance on California.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
He explained that organisations like his worked to match dogs with the right owners, often sourcing animals from across the country.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Most of the thermoelectric plants were 25 to 35 years old, Mr. Mesa-Lago wrote, and sourcing parts was “extremely difficult.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
During a production trip to Paris, she started sourcing pieces and collecting references that would eventually make their way into this season years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.
From The Dark Goddess by Shaver, Richard Sharpe
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