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spur

[spur] / spɜr /




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The internet intelligence company Spur investigates residential proxy networks and keeps a list of all of their known internet locations, aka nodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It said the crashes happened on the southbound carriageway of the A130, between the Rayleigh Spur and Sadlers Farm roundabouts.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

The fossil is described on January 11 in the journal Current Biology along with several other specimens that were collected from the Richards Spur limestone cave system in Oklahoma.

From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2024

And the limestone caves of Richards Spur in Oklahoma contain some of the world’s most diverse and well-preserved fossils from the Paleozoic.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2024

At 25,900 feet, I paused on the crest of the Spur to drink some water and take in the view.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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