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And while renewables might work for some energy-importing countries as a solution to high natural gas prices, there’s no green alternative for jet fuel — or fertilizer, or any number of other critical refined products — at scale.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
21 Apr. 2026 -
On Marathon Monday, the company stationed the robot at its 888 Boylston Street showroom in Boston, displaying it in front of thousands of runners from roughly 130 countries, as well as hundreds of thousands of spectators.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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As soon as Ohtani and Yamamoto signed with the Dodgers, Torrance officially became friendship cities with the players' hometowns, Oshu and Bizen, in Japan.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Over 50,000 service members and counting are deployed, hailing from dozens of duty stations and thousands of hometowns.—
Kathy Roth-Douquet,
Time,
20 Mar. 2026
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