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Makeshift barriers formed from shipping containers and razor wire to block traffic to Peshawar's administrative zone remained in place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“Eventually, Mr. Seaver’s residence had a no-trespassing sign in the front yard and barbed wire draped across the handrails leading to the front door,” the filing alleged.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
The same employee said they received two electric shocks from an exposed wire.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
A week later, on July 3, she placed two missed calls to Deters’ phone, and sent him instructions on how to wire money to an American Express account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
When we first put the wire in, it was just high enough to catch his tail, which he carried curled up.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
You don’t have to think about it; your subconscious will reconnect those severed wires immediately.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
"The wires between these GPUs, CPUs, and all this compute are what's slowing us down," says Sharp.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
On a recent Thursday he was inside a black cage stuffed with yellow wires checking a cross-connect cable that links one customer’s operation to another’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
He watched for the wires, watched for the trees and set it down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“By the slightest margin of chance,” he’d later admit, “literally the failure of two wires to cross, a nuclear explosion was averted.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
If asked, I probably would have told you I was feeling a little tired, wired, or off-kilter, so none of those readings were all that revelatory.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
At this age, young adolescents’ brains are being wired to build relationships, so the risks compound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
The whole building is wired for video and audio, meaning artists can walk in, record a podcast, appear on a radio show, and live-stream a gig in the same day.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sulloway’s research on birth order and risk-taking reveals that later-borns are more psychologically wired to take strategic risks to carve out their own niche and stand out in the family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
But in the year and a half since Maria Isabel has returned to live with her mother, Enrique has wired money only four times, usually between SI50 and $180.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
As demand for optical and networking components has skyrocketed this year, shares of the companies that produce those components — like lasers, wiring and electronics — have staged major gains.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Among her tasks: wiring acclaimed authors for sound before they go on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The brain's microscopic wiring may need a different kind of textbook illustration.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ageing cables, lead pipes, wiring and boilers are set to be replaced - many for the first time in 60 years - following concerns about potential fire and water damage.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It had an electric stove, but the wiring was not exactly up to code, with faulty connectors, exposed lines, and buzzing switches.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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