powered
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But despite the pessimism frequently articulated by bearish investors, year after year, stock prices in recent decades have generally powered higher.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Attempts to attract puffins to Lighthouse Island included setting up fake "decoy" puffins, and a solar powered speaker system broadcasting its call.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The generator’s 130-liter engine—roughly 65 times the average size of a U.S. car engine—will be powered by natural gas and produce four megawatts of electricity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Instead of being powered by the nuclear fusion that fuels ordinary stars, the object may consist of an extremely dense cloud of gas energized by a black hole at its center.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
I turned around then and powered up the computer to see if there was any e-mail for me and saw that I had two messages.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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