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The three top spenders -- the United States, China and Russia -- spent a combined total of $1.48 trillion, just over half of global expenditure.
From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026
The world record has now been broken four times in less than a decade—lowering the 2014 record by a total of 3 minutes, 37 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
After years of debate between fire officials seeking total vegetation removal within the first 5 feet of homes and ecologists backing selective landscaping, California proposed a compromise.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026
"Based on exceptionally well-preserved fossil jaws, we show that these animals reached total lengths of up to nearly 20 meters, which may have surpassed the size of large marine reptiles of the same age."
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
It had taken only until 6:32 to turn the room into a total shambles.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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