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Mythos is not simply good at finding vulnerabilities, Graham said, but also at chaining them together into complicated exploits that can be devastating hacking tools.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026 -
Daisy chaining of multiple monitors is one way to increase screen area.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Risky peptides Specifically, the PCAC will consider moving the 12 peptides back onto a list of drugs that compounding pharmacies can make for human use.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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One key to detecting bites and hooking cool-water crappies lies in understanding the way the fish feed.—
Cory Schmidt,
Outdoor Life,
15 Apr. 2026
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For example, when Athena hits a step or an obstacle, the front flippers extend forward and upward, hooking onto the ledge before pulling up the rest of the robot and stabilizing it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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Gamble is still assembling a staff but one of her assistants will be her brother, Kenneth Davis, a former receiver at Liberty High in Bakersfield.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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With every petal peeled and stem snipped, Phoebe Rupp, Maddie Cofer and Ava Sudbeck are assembling their masterpieces.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Signs warned, caution deers mating.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Following the rescue, Rob Hope — manager of the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, which is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of raptors — told CTV News that fights among eagles are quite common as mating season approaches.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Economist Jayati Ghosh, who researched India's COVID response, estimates some 80 million migrant workers tried to return home, walking and hitching rides in searing summer heat.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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Clayton Club Saloon — which developed a reputation as a rowdy cowboy bar, decked out with boots hanging from the ceiling and hitching posts outside — anchored the small city’s downtown.—
Mario Cortez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Apr. 2026
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Texas has several major metro regions that have benefited from that clustering effect, including Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio and Austin.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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This prevents them from clustering together, creating a layer of cream that used to rise to the top of the bottle and had to be scooped off before drinking (or was seen as a treat by some).—
Paul Edward Parker,
The Providence Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
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The other case concerned an old Japanese macaque whose ability to walk gradually deteriorated; the macaque maintained his alpha status by allying with the alpha female.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
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Peaceful protests against military rule were put down with deadly force, and pro-democracy activists turned to armed resistance, allying themselves with ethnic minority groups who have long been fighting for greater autonomy.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Splicing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splicing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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