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They are protected by fighter jets embarked aboard, which are tasked with intercepting foreign aircraft approaching the ships.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Beginning in 2019, Google embarked on an effort under the Privacy Sandbox banner aimed at developing a new way to target ads that could preserve a modicum of user privacy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Weigh (anchor).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weigh%20%28anchor%29. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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