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[sawrs, sohrs] / sΙ”rs, soʊrs /


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Wim Zwijnenburg, an environmental conflict expert at Dutch peace organisation PAX, also believes the visual evidence points to the Minoan Pioneer as the source of the oil.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Taylor Farms used the revision to push back on the idea that its lettuce had been definitively identified as the source; federal officials, though, maintained that the broader epidemiological and traceback evidence still pointed there.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

But the source of the money was shares in PayPal, then a startup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

To explore how the protein influences appetite and body weight, the animals were given free access to soybean oil as a source of dietary fat.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

If the pandas are too isolated, they might be unable to find a mate or a source of food.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

Wikipedia is also highly cited, but sources tell me the gatekeepers to Wiki pages are even stricter than Reddit mods when it comes to blocking promotional amendments, and rightly so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Reform UK sources say no party officials have been interviewed by the police.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the proceedings, said the inscription would go directly below the main signage.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

This included three scenarios: a full closure, a partial closure over a period of five years and a limited series of phased closures, sources close to the situation told the AP, asking to remain anonymous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

These details were just to me what they were to them—so many pure and sweet sources of pleasure.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«

Chinese parts remain much cheaper than those sourced from manufacturers in the West.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Food and Drug Administration has linked one cyclospora outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce sourced in Central Mexico by Taylor Farms, the country’s largest supplier of salad greens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The current pair were sourced from Whitby's twin town of Barrow in Alaska after a worldwide appeal.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Taylor Farms also issued a recall that day of all iceberg lettuce sourced from Central Mexico from a certain time period.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

As Elisha sourced a crew and supplies for his upcoming Arctic expedition, “examining recruits, inventing cooking stoves, pricing rounds of beef,” he was often on the road.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Becker said he’s focused on evidence of price gouging in California specifically, where a small handful of refineries serve a relatively isolated market with limited alternatives for sourcing fuel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Despite difficulties in sourcing engines for its best-selling A320 jets, Airbus managed to increase the number of aircraft it delivered in recent months and analysts say its annual target should be attainable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

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 said he accepted the denials of Associated Newspaper journalists "who gave lawful explanations for the sourcing of the disputed articles and incidents".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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 Richard Sharpe Shaver




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