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Be that city that adapts, moves forward, builds and rebuilds, figures it out, gets big things done.—
Gia Biagi,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026 -
While Miami has had their share of teardowns and rebuilds, the team won World Series titles in 1997 and 2003.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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Rushing cotton through the system throws up new challenges, leaving brands and retailers more exposed.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes football throws up these bizarre twists of fate.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Today’s Prius combines the same legendary efficiency with real performance, genuinely appealing design and everyday practicality.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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This approach combines the superior surface properties of tungsten with the structural and economic advantages of other materials.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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Four years later, her company, DB Trucks, buys and builds water trucks, or retrofits trucks that customers own, for uses like construction sites and firefighting.—
Corina Vanek,
AZCentral.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Schlott makes any necessary repairs and in the case of the general store phone, retrofits them with VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology to enable calls.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
27 Aug. 2025
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The system, called HEAPGrasp, reconstructs object shapes using only visual outlines captured through an RGB camera, enabling robots to reliably identify and grasp objects regardless of their optical properties.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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Based on Lee’s best-selling novel of the same name, the feature reconstructs both the Joseon court and Renaissance Italy entirely through generative AI imagery.—
Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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So, Gomez collaborated with the Hanger Clinic, which designs and custom fits orthotic and prosthetic devices.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2026
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McKeen designs with 270 fit models across seven easy sizes, grading each style individually rather than scaling up from a single sample.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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