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China’s recent progress in the AI race is alarming top executives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Lower-energy particles do not travel as deeply into the surface, so their implantation remains closer to the top of the regolith.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
First it was captain and top scorer Lawrence Shankland.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The company also paid its top executives more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
For on top of everything, the human children would come to the edge of Clare’s wood.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
With the house paid off in full, White said he currently pays about $600 a month in rent — in a county where the median monthly housing cost tops $2,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The new high narrowly tops the previous record, set in early 2021.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Under Gass, Levi’s has been looking to dress consumers from head to toe by expanding its offerings of tops, dresses and non-denim bottoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The combined viewership tops a record set last week, when, according to data from Nielsen, more than 36 million people in the U.S. watched the national team defeat Bosnia and Herzegovina across those platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
A smattering of freckles colored the rosy skin at the tops of his cheeks.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
The second becomes dessert — or, more brunchily, “a little something sweet” —in the form of miniature jam pastries topped with citrus-whipped ricotta.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
It took just two days for another Chinese company, Alibaba 9988 3.73%increase; up pointing triangle , to claim to have topped Moonshot with its own new model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Soon after its launch, Kimi K3 had topped a leaderboard for AI coding run by a platform called Arena created by UC Berkeley researchers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
United Airlines late Wednesday reported earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations and raised its guidance for the year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
It was a battered old thing topped with a cargo load almost as high as the vehicle itself, tied over with foam mattresses.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Summer 2026 is already on track to be the hottest in recorded human history, topping 2024, which edged out 2023’s record.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Authorities had been especially concerned by Goforth’s disappearance because of the summer heat in the area, with temperatures topping 100 degrees for most of the week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
A measure of U.S. refining margins, the so-called Gulf Coast 3:2:1 crack spread, just hit its highest ever, topping $62 a barrel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Her biggest hit, the rockier Total Eclipse of the Heart, arrived six years later in 1983 - this time topping the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The daily average of paid admissions for August was 113,403—at last topping the vital 100,000 threshold.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
