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Local businesspeople and farmers, annoyed by an expensive and unreliable electricity supply and lured by cheap Chinese solar panels, were covering the roofs of homes, factories, and stores with photovoltaic arrays.
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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Stellantis and Samsung were given preliminary approval for $7.54 billion for a battery factory in Indiana, while Rivian will receive $6.6 billion for an EV plant in Georgia.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
Heck, there are going to be factories that are making boosters and spaceships, satellites, probes, robots, lasers, space infrastructure.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
In a Hungarian cartoon from around 1951, Churchill is seen as an ugly villain, ready to set households and factories on fire.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Stellantis and Samsung were given preliminary approval for $7.54 billion for a battery factory in Indiana, while Rivian will receive $6.6 billion for an EV plant in Georgia.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
Heck, there are going to be factories that are making boosters and spaceships, satellites, probes, robots, lasers, space infrastructure.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
In a Hungarian cartoon from around 1951, Churchill is seen as an ugly villain, ready to set households and factories on fire.
—Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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In the late 19th century, the congregation worshipped in an old mill located at the northeast corner of Preston and Broadway, and then later at Wingfield’s Blacksmith Shop at Ninth Street and Broadway.Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
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Its cedar mills, the railroad, and the whisk broom industry were all destroyed by hurricanes.Denise Hruby, Sun Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024
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Power outages have come and gone in the past in Iran, which struggles with aging equipment at many of its plants.Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Clean Up Foliage Remove any damaged or infested parts of your plants.Macie Stump, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2024
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Heretic Physical Release Date Heretic is available now on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD for pre-order (expected to ship in January) via the A24 website, with the 4K Ultra HD edition being exclusive to the A24 shop.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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In the 1980s, Unger became an early proponent of developing shops within the department stores and worked with vendors on customizing the designs to the look of the stores.David Moin, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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Carr-Gomm, who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, attended Xiao's four-day workshop in October 2016 at a retreat in England.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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There are Hallmark movie marathons, workshops for creating your own holiday décor and panels with network stars spilling behind-the-scenes secrets about their projects.Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factory. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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