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In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired "precision munitions" into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebello "after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
For him, the data centre project is born of "infatuation with all things digital" and "developing AI at breakneck speed in all directions".
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Both leaders face a ticking clock with elections looming in the fall—and they are being pushed in opposite directions by their electorates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
I was in one of two equipment shops at Trump National Doral Miami not because I was in the market for Trump-branded golf balls—I was looking for directions.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
His eyelids were freezing together, and soon they would be bound shut as ice pellets whipped his face from all directions.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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