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Noun
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Rigid wings experienced abrupt destabilization, while passive soft wings without sensing and control struggled to recover from larger flow perturbations.—
Etiido Uko
March 09,
New Atlas,
9 Mar. 2026 -
In the canonical metaphorical example, a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, and the cascading sequence of atmospheric perturbations leads to a tornado in Texas.—
Dan Garisto,
Scientific American,
22 Oct. 2025
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Restricting them can increase irritability, low mood, food preoccupation, and risk of binge eating.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sleep also plays a major role in emotional regulation and cognitive performance as insufficient sleep can impair attention, decision-making and reaction time while also increasing irritability and sensitivity to stress.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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Survivors often delay escaping an abusive situation out of concern for their pets.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
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To scale up on the theme, add curtains or drapery for a peekaboo moment, and pique curiosity by scentscaping with candles or glass diffusers that exude notes of cedarwood and dark florals such as jasmine.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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The administration has tried everything in its toolbox to stop it, based on not data or studies or anything much beyond rich-old-man pique.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Beef does something similar, translating immigrant frustration into the visual vocabulary of an American thriller, animated by distinctly Korean notions of family honor, shame, resentment and parental pressure.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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On my part, coming into it, something that became more and more important was that Santos is not left to hold these resentments alone.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Kilgallon was breaking through as a young centre-back at Leeds in 2004, at a time when the club were in financial trouble.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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The actor did face a number of legal troubles over the years amid struggles with drugs and alcohol.—
Today,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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There are no real cakewalks in March and – as Thursday proved – upsets are always on the cards.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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While High Point’s thrilling win over Wisconsin was the upset of the day to that point in the first round, VCU’s took the prize after one day of action in March Madness.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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When Hilton faced distress, Blackstone had to restructure the hotel’s debt in 2010.—
Luisa Beltran,
Sportico.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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The plaintiffs are asking the court for damages for emotional distress and other harms caused by the images.—
Huo Jingnan,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2026
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