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Industry sources told the BBC the industry had been attracting major funding in the hub around Kings Cross focused on the intersection between life sciences and AI.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

The news about Mbappé had been attracting much of the attention in Spain, leaving the Champions League final to the side.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2022

The Hawaiian Open had been attracting pros well before that, however, and well before it became a state in 1959.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 16, 2013

The Miss America pageant which had been attracting little national interest and had fallen on bad times – partly because of the feminist movement – was reinvigorated by her selection.

From The Guardian • Jul. 24, 2013

During those seven months the lad had been attracting notice more and more.

From The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields by Allen, James Lane