vital
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Canada agreed to fund the bridge’s construction, which is co-owned with Michigan and considered vital for both countries’ economic interests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
These networks allow cells to share and distribute vital components, including energy molecules, metabolic products, DNA, and signaling compounds.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
In the government's cohesion strategy published in April, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that social cohesion was "a vital front in the resilience of our national security".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Abdirahman Mahamud, WHO director of Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations, said that the facility was a "local bilateral collaboration" between the US and Kenya and said dialogue was vital.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
At Duluth Airport in northern Minnesota, a few minutes after midnight, an Air Force guard spotted some sort of dark figure climbing a fence around a building that housed vital radar equipment.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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