surface
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The sea surface temperature at the Scripps Pier in La Jolla hit 76.8 degrees Thursday, approaching a daily record of 77 degrees set in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But he said there was no significant increase in its surface area between Wednesday and Thursday, despite water continuing to flow into the lake.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Just a few days ago, sea surface temperatures hit the warmest level ever recorded.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Being consumed by painful ideas is troubling; filling a stark white room with colorful stickers until they cover every single surface is not.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“When the rope floats on the surface, it means the rock has hit bottom.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
It could easily be an elongated version of one of her later pumpkins, rendered both in two dimensions and as sculptures, whose vibrant flesh and spotted surfaces have charmed so many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It urged legal changes and funding to help municipalities and cities unseal paved surfaces that store heat and to plant vastly more trees.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
"People deserve a smart city centre, and not only have we done the surfaces and the white lines, we've washed all the paving down, we're getting rid of the graffiti, we're listening to local businesses."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
It is the seduction of surfaces Cusk is exploring here, the ways we are taken in by so much that is chimerical: lavish interiors, actors, our own doubled selves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
String theory has further spawned something called "M theory," which incorporates surfaces known as membranes–or simply "branes" to the hipper souls of the world of physics.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Rumblings of trouble surfaced in May—in Slate, no less.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
The same problem has surfaced on power grids, when grid-connected data centers suddenly drop power usage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The same statement had been used by the White House last month when questions about the aircraft's safety first surfaced.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Salary-cap circumvention first surfaced with Leonard during his free agency in 2019 after he led the Raptors to the NBA championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Unlike Rajesh, whose illness had surfaced in his twenties, Jagu had been troubled from childhood.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
On social media, people have complained about being filmed without their knowledge, with accounts surfacing of users disabling the white light that signals the glasses are recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Chunks of Trump’s beloved “American flag blue” paint job are surfacing.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
If the same concern keeps surfacing in different forms, the conversation hasn’t actually happened yet.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
Chatbots have evolved from simple assistants into chatty companions, image generators have become dangerously good at making photorealistic content and new advanced models are said to be surfacing decades-old software bugs.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
I said, the fear surfacing in my voice.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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