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Netting and wire meshes around infrastructure can be useful against drones, and hardened shelters can help protect resources that have to be on the surface, such as aircraft, fuel, personnel and equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Ocean waters became so hot that thousands of birds died because they could not reliably get fish on the surface.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

By comparison, the eyes of insects and squid arose through a different evolutionary route involving tissue on the surface of the head.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

The stock market in July has settled into an almost eerie calm on the surface.

From MarketWatch Jul. 19, 2026

Nor evidently did he transfer the design onto the canvas but worked directly on the surface, making subtle adjustments as he went along.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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