the system
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Since Niyazov's death in 2006, successive presidents -- Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his son Serdar -- have kept the system in place, along with the cults of personality and grand architecture.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Twenty years later the system has collapsed and the country has been plunged into darkness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
In practice, this means the system can withstand many small, random disruptions but remains highly susceptible to targeted shocks affecting critical nodes.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
Because the system combines multiple positioning methods, it can continue estimating location in places where GPS alone struggles, such as dense urban environments, indoors, or underground transit systems.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026
Gatlinburg is a shock to the system from whichever angle you survey it, but never more so than when you descend upon it from a spell of moist, grubby isolation in the woods.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
