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Recent Examples of regionsIn some regions of the country, a lot of that household use is made up of outdoor use, like for watering lawns and filling pools.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 July 2026 As much as 58 inches of snow fell in some regions, and strong winds up to 80 mph were responsible for large snow drifts -- many over 50 feet tall.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
4 July 2026 These represent gas that has been shunted by outflows, creating dense regions of matter that reflect light from proximate protostars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 July 2026 Meister Varma couldn’t quarry or manufacture new materials on the plot because it’s prohibited in these ecologically sensitive regions.—New Atlas,
3 July 2026 In Fischer’s version, early immigrants from four different regions of Great Britain established cultures in different regions of the American colonies.—
James Traub,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026 Longer deployments in the South China Sea and the western Pacific demonstrate the PLAN’s ambition to maintain a sustained presence in distant maritime regions.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 July 2026 This unique alignment creates an unparalleled opportunity for travelers to combine eclipse viewing with meteor watching, especially in regions like Iceland or Spain, or even locally in North America by seeking dark skies after the partial eclipse.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2026 New Smyrna Beach in Florida, North Carolina's Outer Banks, Cape Cod and parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine are among the East Coast regions where people are more likely to encounter sharks.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2026
Historical data about the parts of the nation that use the most air conditioning shows a strong geographical trend.
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Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Zada plans to shoot the movie first on a soundstage with real actors and will decide later which parts work better traditionally and what should be done synthetically.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2026