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Nearly four days after deadly floods ravaged villages and towns along the Nepal-China border on Wednesday, survivors, police and government officials are reckoning with the scale of destruction.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2026 Yet just days after the Astra demo, OpenAI had to reckon with a new crisis.—
Alex Heath,
Time,
26 Aug. 2026 But her penchant for reckoning with the pain of the American underclass meant some of her songs touched on stories that contemporary country radio was reluctant to promote.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2026 Yet instead of reckoning with the parallels, right-wing pastors were urging Christians to emulate the intensity and all-in dedication of the jihadists.—Literary Hub,
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