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But even so, the visible span of the spectrum from violet to red is only about a factor of two in wavelength, while the huge range from long-wave radio to gamma rays covers more than 20 orders of magnitude.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026 -
But even so, some farmers are electing to sit out a year.—
John Lauritsen,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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With Ohtani both hitting well and appearing more refreshed lately, however, he’s been in the batting order for his past three starts on the mound.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Asia markets, however, opened lower Thursday as Mideast worries keep investors on edge.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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The New York Post said the call came in as the assault was still underway.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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Though not as high in elevation as the observatory, Laramie was still more than 7,000 feet higher than my body was used to.—
Alexandra Oliva
June 1,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Since 1990, though, at least 2 million have returned, a reverse migration that’s reshaping the region’s politics and changing the calculus for the Democratic and Republican parties.—
Theodore R. Johnson,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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This particular brand of freedom is clearly not serving us well, though, because one set of statistics after another continues to tell us that our mental health and wellbeing are plummeting in an alarming way.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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While the Colombia of 2026 is nowhere near as deadly as the Colombia of the 1990s, when the FARC was ruling over swaths of the country, the South American nation is nevertheless regressing in terms of security.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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There’s a list of parts made from recycled bits which is fairly meaningless when the exercise is all at the concept level but nevertheless shows where GM’s thinking is heading.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 June 2026
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But the regulation would nonetheless upend USCIS' longstanding policy of interviewing virtually all asylum applicants before making a decision on their claims, allowing for quick rejections of cases where the paper record suggests the applicants did not meet the 1-year deadline.—
Camilo Montoya-Galvez,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Not from State and Madison streets, but from Chicago nonetheless.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2026
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“Per contra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/per%20contra. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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