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Through 16 months of fear and uncertainty over their fates, the Bibases had become a symbol for many Israelis, both of the tragedy that befell their country that October day, when about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 abducted to Gaza, but also of a widespread sense of abandonment.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Hamas accused Israel of violating the truce with the delay, casting some uncertainty over the precarious ceasefire deal, and said talks on a second phase would not be possible until they are freed.—
Eugenia Yosef,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, Cook and Mertz’s results have galvanized interest in catalytic computing, with new works exploring connections to randomness (opens a new tab) and the effects of allowing a few (opens a new tab) mistakes (opens a new tab) in resetting the full memory to its original state.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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The new approach combines a little knowledge of the bookshelf’s past contents with the surprising power of randomness.—
Steve Nadis,
WIRED,
16 Feb. 2025
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Only two new plants have been started since that accident.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
9 Mar. 2025
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The tragic accident over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 was the first major commercial airline accident in 16 years.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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These images can pinpoint the locations of people stranded after a disaster or assess damages in hard-to-reach areas like rooftops, steep slopes, and hazard zones.—
Ryan Lanclos,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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San José State volleyball player Brooke Slusser joined the lawsuit, alleging that the inclusion of her transgender teammate in Mountain West matches posed an unfair advantage and safety hazards, the LA Times reported.—
Kate Murphy,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
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The discovery was a stroke of geological luck; Zhurong's beach would probably have eroded away into something unrecognizable over the last 3.5 billion years if it hadn't been buried beneath those 33 feet of rocky, dusty debris from asteroid impacts, volcanoes and dust storms.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The manager said the bank that approved the loan had tried contacting the woman for about two months without any luck.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Haphazardry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haphazardry. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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