The spectacle of corporations changing their posture in waves, like groves of saplings in a storm, may seem startling.
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Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Marchesi Alfieri At the intersection of Roero, Langhe, and Monferrato, in Italy’s storied Piedmont region, where vineyards meld among hazelnut groves and forests, the winemaking legacy of Marchesi Alfieri began in 1696.
Below us were hayfields and stone barns, copses and creeks.
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Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
After eight hours of hard fighting in a copse of trees near the hamlet of Kruglenkoe, the Ukrainians piled into armored trucks and sped back to the safety of the main Ukrainian line, half a mile to the east.
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