as in pursues
to go in search of
engineers are still shopping around for solutions to several critical flaws in the aircraft's design
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Kyiv, like the rest of Ukraine, is not new to rolling outages as Russia pursues a strategy of targeting its energy grid each winter.—
Anastasiia Parafeniuk,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026 -
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an administrative stay of the preliminary injunction, filed last week, while the federal government pursues an appeal.—
Cole Premo,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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For decades, the BLA has waged a separatist insurgency that seeks greater political autonomy and economic development in the strategically important and mineral-rich Balochistan region, where the Reko Diq mine and other copper and mineral reserves are located.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Defense seeks to block viral videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing and exclude cameras from trial, citing concerns that media coverage could bias potential jurors.—
Matthew Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Cumberland Gap Where Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet, Cumberland Gap sits in a valley that looks up at the famous gap in the Cumberland Mountain range from which the town gets its name.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2026
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The old, wrinkled one looks up at Helm’s mountain, at the sky above its summit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Shops (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shops%20%28for%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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