as in loads
a considerable amount
plenty of people showed up
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Noun
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Because the engine can be controlled during flight, the system does not require the expensive thermal protection systems typically associated with extreme heat loads at hypersonic speeds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Steyer has loads of his own money to spend on TV ads.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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At the 127,000-square-foot facility, upward of 275,000 tons of material are expected to be recycled per year.—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
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After the Cold War ended, storage basins attached to the K reactors were reused to hold about 2,300 tons of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel underwater.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2026
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In response, Iran reportedly launched dozens of ballistic missiles toward Israel, according to Nour News, an outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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But of 800 buildings, fewer than a dozen have been truly renovated.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Airlines canceled hundreds of flights in the Middle East, while others were diverted mid-flight amid airspace closures over a large area of the region due to security concerns.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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The cancellations occurred as, globally, hundreds of thousands of travelers were stranded Sunday, according to the Associated Press.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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When the power fails, businesses close, employees lose wages, and spoiled inventory piles up.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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Defeat piles pressure on Starmer before May elections Labour won just over half the vote in Gorton and Denton at the last general election in 2024.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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But some industry experts have cast doubt on whether those deals would result in significantly lower drug prices for Americans.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Amazon is packed with can’t-miss deals on some of its top travel bags.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Responding to 911 calls of a disorderly crowd jumping from and throwing objects off the bathroom roof, officers were relentlessly pelted with snowballs and ice chunks at close range that landed two in the hospital with head and face injuries.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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More than 200,000 Bay Staters remained in the dark Tuesday evening, with MEMA’s power outage map showing large chunks of Barnstable and Plymouth counties greatly affected.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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The unsold cars are now piling up on the dealer lots.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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The bill would allow homes to be built on lots as small as 1,200 square feet and limit local zoning control over setbacks and density.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Plenties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plenties. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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