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Recent Examples of devourerThe famous 1796 Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, the town-devourer, his hand solemnly outstretched, hung in a frame near the entrance.—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Seoul — North Korea on Tuesday commissioned its largest-ever warship, a 5,000-ton destroyer that military analysts say could give Pyongyang’s adversaries something more to think about in a time of crisis.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
The destroyer, named Choe Hyon, signals Kim’s efforts to expand Pyongyang’s military might at sea alongside the long-standing focus on his reclusive regime’s missile arsenal.
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Justina Lee,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
In a demonstration ahead of the product’s launch, NewsGuard COO Matt Skibinski showed how the chatbot debunked a piece of medical misinformation and guided the user to primary sources.