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“If you’re synthesizing the stuff that yields biological life and viruses, we’re asking you to screen to see whether it is dangerous in some way,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"Obviously it's helping me in terms of saving money, especially with everything going up in price, but it's also helping with all the stuff that's going into landfill when it's not needed," she said.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The insatiable appetite for high-tech products could eventually bleed into popular goods such as cellphones, laptops and the like — the stuff consumers buy.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

How they predicted some of the stuff, it beats me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

After supper one night I took a bottle of our best dishwashing liquid to the upstairs bathroom, closed the door, and smeared a thin layer of the stuff all over my face.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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