wire

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Tons of trash, ridden with glass and barbed wire, had to be removed from Nachusa in tractor trailers before the first of the bison could be reintroduced.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The lenses for the glasses come from China, while the frames are made in India from metal wire and assembled in about 10 minutes.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The 86-year-old disbarred lawyer, once the most prominent trial attorney in California, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of wire fraud last year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It’s connected to the computer by a thin wire.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy