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Uniting Prevention and Detection Traditional cybersecurity strategies often treat prevention and detection as separate undertakings—one team hardens systems to repel threats, while another prepares to identify and respond to breaches that slip through the cracks.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025 -
Another approach involves injecting the material directly into the deficit, in the form of a gel that subsequently hardens into a solid.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
3 Jan. 2025
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Harry freezes and flashes back to his time in prison as a teenager.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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When the temperatures drop and the ground freezes in the winter, available water becomes limited.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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The move to drop the appeal solidifies the decision by Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer halfway through trial to dismiss the case on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld evidence from the defense.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
24 Dec. 2024
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Finally, an identity shift solidifies this approach.—
Carlos Hoyos,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Thickens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickens. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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