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When corporate leaders publicly insist that the systems they financed, engineered and deployed are suddenly beyond their power to contain, skepticism isn’t only healthy; it is essential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
From this perspective, production quotas and financial penalties regulate the consequences of consolidation but do not eliminate the underlying market power.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Meet the men who still love Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency’s power has declined, but it still holds a powerful allure to some people disillusioned with America’s economic system.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
The letter states that the FAI, Uefa and the Irish government should have intervened before this stage, but there is still time to "show the power of sport to unite".
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
My father, the hardcore pacifist who can’t even squish a spider, reaches for the power cord snaking from the television to the wall socket.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Guardians, meanwhile, are appointed by the courts and have immense powers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The proposals suggest that the regional bodies would be given powers over larger planning decisions, education and economic development.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
PC Eryl Lloyd, of North Wales Police's rural crime team, said new powers allowed officers to take vehicles without notice, and warned offending drivers: "It's a long walk home."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
This is reminiscent of what historians call “the German question,” a debate among European powers in the 19th century about how powerful a unified Germany could become before it posed a threat to peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
One look at a crying Cleo and all his powers would be drained away.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
One class of companies that stands to benefit from the crunch are powered shell providers, or companies that can repurpose their power grids to build data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026