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A colony can remain concealed inside a piece of wood, with winged reproductive termites representing one of the few life stages that routinely venture outside.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
I immediately saw the issue when I arrived at Leimert Park’s quaint business district, known locally as the Village —and it wasn’t that I was one of the few non-Black faces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
“This is one of the few remaining opportunities in Manhattan to consolidate your entire organization under one roof,” the site says.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
But the few strong illustrations and even fewer high-quality paintings and sculptures are bracing outliers amid a sea of mostly 19th- and 20th-century melodramatic, sentimental and patriotic illustration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Later, Morrie Young, one of the earliest members of the team, would recall how one of the few times he would see McKee angry was whenever someone said “if we find the ship.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
