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Japan was perhaps the earliest originator of this trend, with cats overtaking dogs a decade ago.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026 -
Already overtaking a Cincinnati team that jumped out to an early division lead, the Cubs were on the brink of a sweep that would feel truly catastrophic for the Reds.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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The Times reported that Dela Rosa had been in hiding for months but that he was seen publicly on Monday in the Senate building when surveillance cameras captured footage of him outrunning agents seeking to arrest him.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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And his rider, Flavien Prat, has a knack for outrunning the odds with his mounts in Triple Crown races.—
Steve Kornacki,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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Anthropic also warned that highly capable AI models could dramatically improve offensive cyber operations by accelerating vulnerability discovery and attack planning.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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New research points to a mechanism within the Cascadia fault that could be accelerating a break.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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While the ad rates for the nightly network fare are dropping faster than Harvey Harding’s post-war Q ratings, the cost of buying time in live sports is galloping headlong in the opposite direction.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 May 2026
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At the same time, AI capital spending, while overlapping with the energy transition somewhat, is also galloping ahead full speed.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
10 May 2026
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According to a report released in April by the Council of Economic Advisers, from 2000 to 2023, home prices in real terms went up by 82%, far outstripping the 12% rise in household incomes.—
Michael Schill,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Ticket prices have become the most enduring story of the World Cup so far, outstripping the marketing of star players, looming concerns over immigration policies and maybe most notably, the sport itself.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
13 May 2026
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There’s a moment early in Beast — a raw, pulse-quickening opening sequence when the film lights up the screen and tips its hat to what’s to come.—
Sean Sennett,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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However, there is broad consensus that the surge, fueled by enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, can’t last forever and California must address its structural deficit, with spending outpacing revenue collection.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Our biggest challenge is that the cost of living is outpacing wages.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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Like a vibrantly hued snake darting down the narrow branch of a tree, the collective of high-performance automobiles rapidly navigates the narrow, serpentine artery along the Northeastern Italian coast, a quicksilver-like tracing of the border between Il Bel Paese and Slovenia.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
11 May 2026
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And so quickly darting into the air on seats supported by scaffolding is not an easy proposition for the mind to overcome.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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