But another petitioner, Sylvi, brings a troubling complaint against King’s Landing’s highborn, who filled their storehouses while the city’s normies struggled to fill their dinner plates.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 July 2026
The avant-garde architect Kiyonori Kikutake designed the structure as a modern homage to the Edo period takayuka-shiki souko (storehouses built on stilts).
The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.
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Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel — which says the group has been rebuilding its armories, and that Lebanon is failing in its commitment to disarm it — has ramped up attacks against Hezbollah in recent days.
Behind the story Ituri, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is a remote province of forests, green hills and gold mines where weak state institutions and decades of armed conflict have displaced nearly 900,000 people.
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Brittney Melton,
NPR,
21 July 2026
Streptomyces are bacteria that live in soil and are known as gold mines for antibiotic molecule discovery.
Thrift stores are treasure troves of unique, valuable items that can elevate your home and personal style.
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Heather Bien,
Martha Stewart,
19 July 2026
Vintage shops and thrift stores can be treasure troves for all sorts of odds and ends to fill any space of the house—especially because vintage decor is having a major moment right now.
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Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 July 2026
Much of it manifests in Chinese firms acquiring existing assets, such as power distributors and mines rather than the Chinese government spending on new megaproject construction.
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Natalia Cote-Muñoz,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Aug. 2026
By contrast, China’s mines produced 67,000 metric tons of tungsten in each of those years, accounting for almost 80 percent of global production.
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