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The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted with a power hundreds of times stronger than the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, setting off a tsunami and a sonic boom that went around the planet twice.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026 -
This iconic resort, located 16 miles north of Kailua-Kona at the site of an ancient fishing village leased from the Kamehameha Schools, first opened in the 1960s and was shut down after a tsunami devastated much of the coast in 2011.—
Brianna Randall,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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International tournaments often create short-term surges in interest around women’s soccer, but sustaining that momentum at the club level has historically proven difficult.—
Clemente Lisi,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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As demand for protein surges, entrepreneurs are pushing to get rubisco into people’s mouths.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
1 June 2026
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Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following Israeli strikes as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Sunday.—
Freddie Clayton,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Smoke billows following an Israeli strike on the area of the Rawdat al-Salihin Mosque and the nearby cemetery in the southern city of Nabatieh, Lebanon, May 26, 2026.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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“Tidal waves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tidal%20waves. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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