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referencing

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present participle of reference

as in documenting

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The Bee’s Sharon Bernstein has been covering this issue, including award-winning work documenting the strain on law enforcement and the friction between ranchers and environmentalists.

— Scott Lebar. Story produced with AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Beyond documenting individual cases, the organizations are attempting to identify patterns across detention sites.

— Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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They're increasingly locked into conversations with AI chatbots that seem endlessly knowledgeable, supportive and ever-validating.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 10 July 2026
The site is set to play a huge role in validating the reactor’s design by generating data on its physics and thermal hydraulics.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026

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Salgado Araujo was living in the US without legal permission, ICE said, without specifying whether the agents had been looking for him.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
The White Pine has multiple options available, including specifying its size and color palette.

— Adam Williams July 07, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

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This figure may be based on intuition rather than fact; Kyle Patterson, RMNP’s public affairs officer, couldn’t find any recent studies corroborating it.

— Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 26 June 2026
The global secondary market hit $240 billion in transaction volume in 2025—a 48% year-over-year jump and the largest year on record, according to Jefferies—with Lazard independently corroborating a 53% surge to $233 billion.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 June 2026

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That's a key technical level watched and used by traders, illustrating a stock or index's trend.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Wingate weaves this historical horror with a modern-day mystery, illustrating the lasting trauma of children stolen for profit and the unbreakable bond of blood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

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