States
Britishnoun
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The nonprofit Climate TRACE, which tracks greenhouse gases, has begun including estimates for thousands of reservoirs worldwide in the data on its website, including 1,882 in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
In February, officials from the States of Guernsey said they were working towards a "March or April debate".
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
States will likely try to persuade a judge that splitting up the company is the only way to fix a broken market.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Retail traders are pulling money from energy ETFs, with the United States Oil Fund seeing a $110.8 million outflow on Tuesday.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Just as well because Tansy drove us all like cattle across the United States, state by state, capital by capital, river by river.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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