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Of course, not all shipwrecks find themselves in such relatively hospitable conditions—the Titanic, for instance, is slowly being gobbled up by iron-eating bacteria.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Cerebras shareholders, for instance, will get a chance to convert and sell 84 million Class B shares in August, then another 87 million shares in September and October—all before six months pass in mid-November.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
In 2020, for instance, only $5 billion of margin debt was posted on the Kospi.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
“They might decide to live anywhere. The North Pole, for instance; explorers seem drawn to it for some reason. Or even Canada.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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