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The Croat left, only to return a year later.—James Horncastle, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026 In the early 1980s, General Motors (GM) researcher John Croat invented what is known today as one of the practical methods for producing neodymium permanent magnets, which led to the creation of Magnequench in 1986, a then division of GM located in Pendleton, Ind. Magnequench was sold off in 1995.—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Barca is seemingly not done there in making reinforcements, and has sealed Croat midfielder Lovro Chelfi from NK Kustosija according to Romano.—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025 In other, arguably more significant developments, the Croat deduced that Negan had squashed the Dama’s pet rat and attacked the Saviors’ former leader with Lucille 2.0.—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 8 June 2025 At the same meeting, John Croat of General Motors announced the invention of a magnet using the exact same elements.—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2022