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The Marlins under this owner have no reasonable way out of this rut of building on the cheap toward a future that never gets here.
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Greg Cote
updated March 27, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
And in a sport built on inches, that voice could change everything.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The question is whether legislators will build on them or continue to frame the challenge as a zero-sum contest between data centers and consumers.
—Brian Barlow, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
But under Goodenbour, the team struggled to build on this success, logging only slightly more wins than losses in her first two seasons.
—Julia Haney, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
This activity builds on feasibility studies and technology trade-offs carried out at IQM, which identified the most promising concepts for cathodeless EP operation in reactive, oxygen-rich environments.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Called the Near-Earth Object Hunter mission, or NEO Hunter, the concept would build on NASA's already-existing planetary defense strategy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The agreement spans all Mercury13 clubs, building on Catapult’s existing work with Bristol City Women and extending the model to FC Badalona Women for both first teams and academies, and FC Como Women Academy.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
This week, the California Center for Jobs & the Economy, an offshoot of the California Business Roundtable, issued a report that mirrors and builds on what Petek said.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
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Greg Cote
updated March 27, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
And in a sport built on inches, that voice could change everything.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The question is whether legislators will build on them or continue to frame the challenge as a zero-sum contest between data centers and consumers.
—Brian Barlow, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
But under Goodenbour, the team struggled to build on this success, logging only slightly more wins than losses in her first two seasons.
—Julia Haney, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
This activity builds on feasibility studies and technology trade-offs carried out at IQM, which identified the most promising concepts for cathodeless EP operation in reactive, oxygen-rich environments.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Called the Near-Earth Object Hunter mission, or NEO Hunter, the concept would build on NASA's already-existing planetary defense strategy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
The agreement spans all Mercury13 clubs, building on Catapult’s existing work with Bristol City Women and extending the model to FC Badalona Women for both first teams and academies, and FC Como Women Academy.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
This week, the California Center for Jobs & the Economy, an offshoot of the California Business Roundtable, issued a report that mirrors and builds on what Petek said.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Build on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/build%20on. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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