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From the outset of his career, Papapetropoulos found this complexity fascinating and intriguing, rather than intimidating.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 June 2026 -
At higher speeds, turbulence develops behind the ball, increasing the complexity of its movement.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 June 2026
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Liquidity and accessibility Both gold and Bitcoin are relatively liquid assets, meaning they can typically be bought or sold without much difficulty.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The Aerospace Corporation has been advancing a concept for a restartable solid rocket motor (RSRM), a propulsion configuration that has long posed engineering difficulties because conventional solid motors burn continuously once ignited and cannot be throttled or shut down mid-flight.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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He was given food and water, and airlifted to hospital in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu, where he was treated for frostbite and other complications, according to Reuters news agency.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2026
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That’s because addressing disease at earlier stages can help forestall potential productivity losses and costly health complications, creating substantial long-term benefits.—
Tomas J. Philipson,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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None of us can know the profoundness of their loss.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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What The Dark Wizard does differently is grapple with Potter’s impenetrability without being able to resolve it, and consider how that indecision might change our perceptions of his life and his May 2015 death while BASE jumping in Yosemite.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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