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Noun
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From the front lines of cybersecurity and financial crime, Silicon Valley technologists like me have already seen where AI is taking the software industry.—
Victor Fang,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026 -
For healthcare workers on the front lines, many of whom have become victims of the terror themselves, the pressure is not just physical but psychological.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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In recent years, even some advocates of free trade have come around to the idea that certain tariffs can be justified on strategic and national-security grounds, especially when working with an avowedly mercantilist country like China.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Russia’s largest airport — Moscow’s Sheremetyevo — reported that drone debris had fallen on its grounds without causing damage or affecting flights.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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“Battle lines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battle%20lines. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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