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Recent Examples of ridgepoleErect a ridgepole between trees and tilt branches against one side to make a lean-to framework.—Keith McCafferty/field & Stream, Popular Science, 26 Jan. 2021
At relativistic speeds — that is near the speed of light — time moves more slowly, which would mean the electron beam wouldn't have enough time to spread out, keeping the beam focused.
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Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
22 Jan. 2025
At that moment, a bright white beam of sunlight came in through the porthole and struck Audrey’s left eye.
TikTok could fade to black in the U.S. in a matter of days after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal to halt a law that will ban the popular video app as of Jan. 19 unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake.
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Todd Spangler,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
State of play: As of now, TikTok is planning to turn off services in the U.S. on Sunday, the deadline for ByteDance to divest its stake in TikTok.
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