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Noun
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Now, her ties to the Tesla CEO have put her at the center of a courtroom battle between the world’s richest man and the company credited with kicking off the AI boom.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026 -
Another alleged cluster turned up among people with ties to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, but only one had disappeared—a materials engineer who is thought to have become lost on a hike in June 2025.—
Faye Flam,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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The only figures who seemed to take the RAISE Act personally were those who viewed any regulation of the industry as a major threat to both national competitiveness and their own equity holdings.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Nvidia comes on board Corning and Nvidia struck a multiyear partnership and supply agreement that will tie the fortunes of these two Club holdings even closer together.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The glove can also be used to steam shirt collars, cuffs, and other details.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
4 May 2026
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They are named for the collars of reddish-brown fur around their necks, according to the Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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“Hold-downs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hold-downs. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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