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The car was incinerated by the explosion, which scorched the ground across a wide radius, severed nearby power transmission lines, melted playground equipment and ignited nearby homes.
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Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Because gluons are the carriers of the strong force, their effects are active only within length scales that are bounded by a typical hadron size, which is roughly the proton radius (that is, less than one femtometer).
—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Deer Park Mayor Jerry Mouton Jr. said the ladder trucks showered houses within its radius from above due to the intense heat.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
The Georgia Emergency Services and Homeland Security Agency issued a local area emergency Monday afternoon to residents living within a 50-mile radius of the BioLab fire, a full day later.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 30 Sep. 2024
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Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Because gluons are the carriers of the strong force, their effects are active only within length scales that are bounded by a typical hadron size, which is roughly the proton radius (that is, less than one femtometer).
—Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Deer Park Mayor Jerry Mouton Jr. said the ladder trucks showered houses within its radius from above due to the intense heat.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
The Georgia Emergency Services and Homeland Security Agency issued a local area emergency Monday afternoon to residents living within a 50-mile radius of the BioLab fire, a full day later.
—Jess Craig, Vox, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Radius.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/radius. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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