While tens of millions of Americans are laden with tuition loans – many well into their 30s, leaving renting their only option – their Chinese counterparts start planning the purchase of their first homes straight out of university.
—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
Last year, Rolling Stone reported on Amazon data centers in Eastern Oregon that siphoned tens of millions of gallons of water from state aquifers, worsening a water pollution problem linked to cancer and miscarriages.
My aunt and uncle, who live in Santa Fe—home to the International Folk Art Market, one of the largest such festivals in the world (the next one is July 9-12)—are devoted flea-market pickers and collectors of antique oddities.
—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
Mahomes going against Bills quarterback Josh Allen always makes for must-watch TV, and this one will have added spectacle as a Thanksgiving night game played in the Bills’ brand-new Highmark Stadium.
He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.
—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
This wireless bra has racked up hundreds of five-star reviews from shoppers who rave about its comfort and support.
—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
Florida has already committed over a billion dollars to hundreds of projects making our beaches, cities, shorelines, and inland communities more resilient.
—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Five-to-twenty-fold increases in per-developer consumption are now documented in agentic mode, and no public benchmark shows a matching multiplier on output value.
—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Purcell, who was in her twenties and working at a political consulting firm, had grown up in Swalwell’s district.
At the other end of the market, have a Chelsea dual-action pump for a fiver.
—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Since movie-ticket purchases are not necessary, customers can just grab a bucket and a fiver (plus tax), and Netflix and chill with way too much popcorn for however many people fit on your couch.
Radiant Industries is building a mass-production factory for portable microreactors in Oak Ridge as well, drawn by Tennessee’s skilled nuclear workforce and a state fund that has already disbursed tens of millions of dollars toward advanced nuclear development.
—
Iulia Lupse,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2026
As Major League Baseball’s Rays make their latest fitful pursuit to build a new Tampa Bay home, an Orlando group is feverishly working to develop a fanbase, win political support, and perhaps gain a chunk of tourism dollars for a ballpark in the event opportunity comes its way.
—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.