pair
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In a blog post on Tuesday, OpenAI said the culprits were a pair of its models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Ferguson recalled that the pair bumped into each other at Wentworth Golf Club a few weeks after the end of the season and there was no animosity as they spent time together.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He found that widely separated pairs of stars, known as binaries, are less common after one member of the pair becomes a white dwarf.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
There are many meanings that have been inscribed to “Cut Piece,” in which Ono invited the audience to come on stage and, with a pair scissors, cut off a small piece of her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This man wouldn’t even let kids he’d thrown together from God knows where get to know each other, much less hire a pair of friends!
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Based on the true story of a reform school where Black boys went missing, the novel pairs the stories of two teens, one a troublemaker and the other caught up by mistake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
With each new set of daemons Yuru meets, the more he becomes aware that he and Asa are also part of this ecosystem of balanced pairs.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Meta donated more than 100,000 pairs to blind veterans on President Trump’s birthday weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A similar approach happens at Wimbledon, and in the new Champions League format, at which seeds are kept apart in pairs.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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The researchers paired their XL-MS results with computational structural modeling.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The tangy flavor of the butter, paired with the added saltiness, also helps cut down on the date’s sweetness.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Chris Versace, chief investment officer at Tematica Research, said that IBM’s comments, paired with recent statements made by some of its major customers, including J.P.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Sunhyeji is paired with Minho, a 32-year-old mild-mannered civil servant.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The swapping of genetic information between paired chromosomes is crucial to the mixing and matching of hereditary information between parents.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Staying on the theme of cheese, brie is another phenomenal pairing with dates.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It is a tour de force of Yao Xue's PhD thesis work, pairing an innovative approach with exceptional electrophysiological skill."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Increasingly, luxury resorts and lodges are smoothing the learning curve, pairing upscale accommodations with fully outfitted excursions that take care of the logistics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She’d waited quite a while for that pairing, she reminded reporters Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
And in the day’s final pairing, Goghor the Giant would go against Belaquo Bonebreaker.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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