stem
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An international team of researchers has now identified a stem group insect from the Late Mississippian period, about 324 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The efforts speaks to the increasingly stringent — and desperate — measures public agencies and lawmakers in California are attempting in order to stem a troubling rise in e-bike incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
But even further changes to housing policy may not stem the rise of long-term renters in their 30s and 40s who are planning their lives and finances differently than previous generations.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
He emptied his bench in a desperate attempt to stem the flow, but his substitutions, five in 12 befuddled minutes, had zero impact.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
I fold the note in half and stick it between the stem and the white cotton-looking plant they stuck in with the rose.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Near Darkness lurks a table laden with sugar-crusted fruit and an elaborately stemmed flute holding what looks like champagne.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Treasury Department’s announcement of a bond buyback stemmed a selloff—but not for long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The judge acknowledged that officers were injured, but said the dispute stemmed from concerns over environmental damage and its impact on the local community.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some of the enthusiasm around consumer spending in the first half of 2026 stemmed from tax refunds, Hatzius said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Their perplexity stemmed from two related and equally perplexing phenomena.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
The German economy has this year proved resilient to disruption stemming from the war in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Texas case is only one part of the massive financial judgments against Jones stemming from his Sandy Hook lies.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
SeaWorld has faced a number of challenges since the 2010s, many stemming from the intense public criticism over its captive orca breeding program, which the company ended in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The local council has in fact come up with a plan to attract even more to this corner of the west of Scotland as a means of stemming its falling population.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yes, Mitchell says looking back, “there were problems,” but he remembers them stemming from marital strife and tension between Kathie and his dad, not any cruelty on the part of his father.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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