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Recent Examples of nuclear
The funding round draws support from major alternative asset managers, signaling a shift in how the private sector views advanced nuclear deployment.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Trump initially threatened to take military action over Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in January, then shifted to a pressure campaign in recent weeks to try to get Tehran to make a deal over its nuclear program.
—Farnoush Amiri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Cold War criticism These contrasting approaches were especially evident in the nuclear debate of the early 1980s and the debate over the 2003 Iraq invasion.
—Gerard F. Powers, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
The less benign theory is that China is attempting to test designs of new nuclear weapons.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2026
Trump initially threatened to take military action over Iran’s bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in January, then shifted to a pressure campaign in recent weeks to try to get Tehran to make a deal over its nuclear program.
—Farnoush Amiri, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Cold War criticism These contrasting approaches were especially evident in the nuclear debate of the early 1980s and the debate over the 2003 Iraq invasion.
—Gerard F. Powers, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
The less benign theory is that China is attempting to test designs of new nuclear weapons.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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And many people are gonna go ballistic in Brazil.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
10 Feb. 2026
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Police said officers shot the suspect and his grandmother during the gunfight, and that the suspect also hit one officer in the ballistic vest.—
Chase Rogers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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This has unintended consequences when both Batel and Spock share a vision that sends Spock into a berserk rage.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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But that was before Watkins suffered a season-ending ACL tear and before UConn star Paige Bueckers went absolutely berserk, scoring 40 in the Sweet 16.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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But providers might not have enough information available to make a correct diagnosis; an emergency room doctor treating someone experiencing a psychotic episode likely doesn’t have the capacity to know if their diagnosis should be schizophrenia, bipolar I or something else.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
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Is this lucid state only temporary based on the recent anti-psychotic meds he was given by Kelson?—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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Skating is an achievement fueled by immense physical and mental stressors, financial sacrifice, and restrictive expectations that can wear on competitors for decades.—
Jasmine Wynn,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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The competitive stamina, the physical stamina, and the mental stamina that's required in these type of games.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The key figure turns out to be Alex’s mysterious Aunt Gladys, played in full psycho-biddy drag by Amy Madigan.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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There are bodily fluids, jeering crowds, and demonic Punch and Judy puppets applauding through the chaos, giving the scene the air of a demented fairy tale.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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Last year’s Venice Film Festival premiered Yorgos Lanthimos’s demented sci-fi-adjacent drama Bugonia and Gus Van Sant’s crime thriller Dead Man’s Wire, while at the same time the Toronto International Film Festival was premiering Romain Gavras’s comic-epic Sacrifice.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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