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Recent Examples of diskOne was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light.—ABC News, 12 June 2026 In January, Maryland rapper IDK packaged transparent CD players with his Even the Devil Smiles mixtape; each disc includes a distinct bonus track no one else owns.—John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 9 June 2026 Our recent warm winters were great for disc golfing but also for ticks.—Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 9 June 2026 In other words, the Oulu team wanted to know if a bumblebee was smart enough to move a Styrofoam ball under a blue disk, climb on top of it, and reach into a crevice to drink the sugary treat inside.—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for disk
Among the discoveries are bronze statue fragments, signet rings, a necklace with a gold clasp, coins, and hundreds of bone hairpins used in elaborate Roman hairstyles.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
The apartment, though no one’s idea of a fun house, is bedecked with mirrors, and, early on, the cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra uses them to splinter the couple’s every argument into fragments.
Brazil started off the Group Stage portion of the tournament with a 1-1 tie in New Jersey at MetLife Stadium.
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Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
The portion of the Genesis verse cited by Roupp on his hat included God's promise to never again send a worldwide flood and the rainbow in the sky is the sign of that covenant.
Dad’s story was understandably relegated to the D-section alongside the obits of a theater producer and a union labor attorney.
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Griffin Dunne,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
All seven bridges along the trail were replaced, a new boardwalk was added near the lake, and crews reconstructed large sections of trail damaged by debris flows and flooding.
For more than a decade, MAVEN circled Mars in a highly elliptical orbit, measuring particles escaping into space and observing how the atmosphere responded to solar activity.
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Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
Their fabric, paper, or textured surfaces attract airborne particles that often go unnoticed until they're viewed in bright daylight.
The bright sunlit sliver of the moon will be dazzling, but the rest of the lunar globe will be visibly glowing from sunlight reflected off Earth's oceans and clouds back onto the moon.
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Jules-Pierre Malartre,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
The public usually sees it only after the most serious or high-profile encounters, just a sliver of everyday police interactions.
The surge in chip investment and demand has reignited economic growth and inflation, compelling the Bank of Korea (BOK) to consider aggressive rate hikes.
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Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Dads can get a Canyon Burger with choice of fries or tumbleweed chips for $10 on Sunday, June 21 (offer good at participating locations for dine-in or orders placed via online; not valid on third-party delivery sites).