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Big tech companies also have been building data centers in U.S. drilling fields to tap in to natural-gas supplies, cutting deals with oil-and-gas producers, utilities and pipeline firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Halloween is a chance to allow ourselves to experience the love of seeing people get silly, seeing people tap into a different part of their imaginations and give themselves permission,” Monáe says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Ross Barkley's double and Tammy Abraham's late tap in added to the visitors' woes and underlined Villa's dominance.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
He wrote that capital spending on AI has outpaced free-cash-flow generation, meaning that companies have needed to tap external financing for hardware purchases.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
I swallow the bitter feeling rising inside me and tap my way over to the garage door.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
The woman sighed, tapped her screen with a fingernail and said, “It’s right there.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
It has also tapped into the much-debated question of whether we should be curt or polite when using generative AI tools.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The musicians were smiling, the spectators tapped and clapped, and that magical sense of timelessness was real, spanning multiple generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Keurig Dr Pepper previously tapped Sudhanshu Priyadarshi and Rafael Oliveira for the role, but both executives left the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Llewelyn tapped his chin the way he’d seen Glory do so many times.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
I traipsed down corridors full of smart young people tapping away at their computers, seemingly doing things.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
At Thatcham Research's headquarters, we are shown a device hidden within a wireless speaker that can start a car by tapping into its internal communication system.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
We meet Mona in media res, nervously tapping her shoes on the carpeted lobby floor and fretting over her audition.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
For now, measures such as diversifying fuel sources and tapping strategic reserves have contained the energy-market turmoil unleashed by the Iran crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
She was already tapping her matchstick in waltz time.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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