wired

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The repercussions of this method still reverberate through Panettiere’s life today, with the actress musing: “I’ve often wondered whether—unintentionally—I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 26, 2026

Fellow economists Marina Gertsberg, Ekaterina Volkova and I found that the disgraced financier effectively wired corporate America into a denser, more tightly interconnected network.

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2026

“They’re pretty wired up,” Birkey said, adding that the plane may have been equipped with additional sensors to record information.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

We’re wired to pay more attention to bad news, and that kind of content will find its way to us one way or another.

From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026

This development, in turn, wired the whole world together, and, without anyone really planning it, made Bangalore a suburb of Boston.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman