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The gold was found stashed in a bag under a stone cellar surface while workers were laying sewage pipes for a new homeless shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
This cartilage protects the joints and creates a smooth surface for motion.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
China's Tianwen-1 mission already landed a rover named Zhurong on the surface of Mars in 2021, in one of the most spectacular successes of Beijing's space programme.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dillahunt’s Macon embodies the sinister darkness lurking beneath the surface of any American small town, especially for outsiders.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
One hand touching Belle’s foreleg, I kick downward again and again, fighting my urge to surface.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
On the second floor, a generous dining space and an open kitchen with marble surfaces, warm-wood cabinetry, and one of the building’s original steel trusses await.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The eatery features Midcentury Modern touches with curved cherry wood walls and paneled ceilings, as well as illuminated white onyx Corian surfaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
This field, known as nanocell engineering, seeks to create cell-like structures with specialized surfaces and internal pores or cavities.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Achieving that, Tiwari says, requires redesigning streets by narrowing traffic lanes, altering road surfaces and introducing other traffic-calming measures.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Round paper lanterns hang in the courtyard, the shadows dancing over their white surfaces like silently howling faces.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
According to Barron’s, concerns have surfaced over the company’s ability to drive traffic as artificial intelligence becomes a bigger source of online information.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 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
Criticism first surfaced publicly about a decade ago, which led Redzepi to acknowledge a pattern of intimidation in a 2015 essay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
During the whale watching sail from the Aquarium of the Pacific, a shark briefly surfaced, its fin visible.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was after midnight when the gray U-boat surfaced off the coast of Amagansett, Long Island.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
This comes as old and new challenges are surfacing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
While these reports were surfacing, tensions with Iran over a negotiated ceasefire deal were growing, and the US was launching strikes.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Chunks of Trump’s beloved “American flag blue” paint job are surfacing.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
With those will come more damaging documents surfacing in discovery and even stronger cases for plaintiffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Nailer sank into the water and kicked silently away, surfacing safely in the shadows.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Earth Science - Middle School
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