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How can you turn from being a unionist to a separatist?
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Like many newspapers, McClatchy has pursued AI tools in its newsrooms as it struggles to turn its business around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Understanding Phobos' gravitational field is therefore a critical step toward learning how mass is distributed inside the moon and, in turn, determining how it formed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
In turn, Nvidia—which is an investor in several AI companies, including OpenAI—is in talks to invest in Anthropic through its upcoming IPO, according to a recent Reuters report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The Whole Brainers will turn out to be right about the complex interconnections of the brain but wrong about the brain acting as a whole.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Bistrifluron turns that unavoidable process into a vulnerability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
But no, this turns out to be wrong because very often people who are very vulnerable, very low income just can’t make it through the ordeal.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
Every summer, Seoul turns a deep green, growing dense and lush under humid skies.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Young people took turns on the ramps outside Neighbors Skate Shop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
My already sloshy stomach turns into a churning whirlpool.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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A California judge turned down a petition to halt surcharges home insurers have been levying policyholders statewide for costs related to the January 2025 wildfires in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Senate negotiators turned to a slew of outstanding issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
To find the source, the researchers turned to whole exome sequencing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Discovering she could train locally turned something she watched on television into a realistic ambition.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
My former master was corrupted by dark forces, so I turned against him to save our realm.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Tucker, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts and Will Smith all homered in a five-run eighth inning, turning a nail-biter into a comfortable win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
To find a better way to recover these materials, the researchers are turning to biology.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The material is essential for turning electrical signals into laser light.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Klinge avoided a whitewash and then grew in confidence, turning what once looked like a thrashing into a one-leg deficit.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The soldiers were turning away to patrol another street.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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