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as in top billings
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as in imports
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Last year, Pakistan reduced its LNG imports, in part because of the rapid growth of solar and batteries.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
16 Mar. 2026 -
In January, Noboa also imposed tariffs on Colombian imports and said they would not be lifted until the security situation along the border between both countries improves.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Yet calling off the face-to-face visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping could have its own major economic consequences as relations between the world's two biggest economies remain fraught over tariffs and other issues.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Others say such comments underplay the consequences of the oil blockade.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Nocturnal tourism done poorly, with bright spotlights that blind animals, off-trail moonlit ambles that destroy foliage, or unnecessary hotel illumination, can decimate local ecosystems.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside,
16 Mar. 2026
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This four-day celebration of the arts spotlights performances outside of conventional theater walls in more open and unique spaces, such as a boat, park or even in a bubble.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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Total lunar eclipses with magnitudes only slightly above 1 tend to appear lighter copper or reddish in tone rather than a very dark crimson, because the moon does not travel deeply through the shadow.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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The beam is magnitudes stronger than a medical X-ray, and can rapidly identify minute traces of chemicals from ink that has been erased, said University of Wisconsin physics researcher Minhal Gardezi, part of the Hipparchus team.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Those are the frustrating moments.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Among the slideshow of actors, executives, crew members and more who died in the last year, a few special moments stood out.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
16 Mar. 2026
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Factors In Kenya’s Sovereign Credit Rating Rise There are usually multiple significances to a credit rating action.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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You logical minds cannot understand the exigencies of art.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Foligno didn’t hide that some weights had been lifted off his shoulders being in an older room.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The shirt stretched naturally with every movement, even while lugging around 35-pound weights in the pool during underwater training sessions.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Front burners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/front%20burners. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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