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The Englishman, 49, was defeated 17-7 by Zhao Xintong in the World Championship semi-finals in Sheffield on Friday in his first tournament since snapping his cue in frustration at the Championship League in January.
From BBC ● May 3, 2025
Thesefindings are the first example of static electricity being used as a sensory cue in a predator-prey interaction.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2024
Depending on what researchers said to them, participants in the study would either smile or frown on cue in certain phases of sleep.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
Page’s book arrives, as if on cue, in a moment when the trans community is facing even more danger than when he started writing it just over a year ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
A huge smile breaks out on his face, and he takes the other end of the pool cue in his gloved hand, a travel-size bottle of Cal Stat shoved into his front pocket.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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