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coveys

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plural of covey

as in swarms

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The dearth of Patriot interceptors in Europe would leave few alternatives for shooting down Russia’s more advanced ballistic missiles, which can be combined with swarms of inexpensive drones to overwhelm defenses, experts say.

— Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
The researchers envision eventually deploying swarms of specialized cyborg insects rather than relying on a single multifunctional machine.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026

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Decades later, buses helped desegregate schools, hauling Black and white children across the country’s racial divide, a controversial practice that has mostly ended.

— Jeff McMurray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Greenway's founders and advisers include tech executives, CEOs, a onetime Vermont secretary of education, a NASA engineer and current and former administrators from Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Tufts University and other schools.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

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The new space will support production, testing and integration of Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pods for the US Navy and Australian government, along with other airborne radar programs.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
To be legal under the new law, a vaping device must be both refillable (or use replaceable pods) and have a rechargeable battery.

— Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of pods

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Living colonies cover recent decades and can be checked against instrument data.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Such groups may include perennial nomads (such as the Roma in Europe), Indigenous peoples in former European colonies, or smaller tribes in societies where tribal membership is socially significant.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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These snow packs are needed each year to melt slowly throughout the summer and fall providing crucial water supply to the state.

— Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Creating tech packs has long been a manual process that can take weeks or months depending on the nature of the design.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

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