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He could not control the news, and the front page was a source of continuous aggravation to a man who wanted life to be cut into symmetrical quadrants and accessible frontiers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fireplace not only provided heat in winter, it was the source of light, and it was used for cooking. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
France was the best possible source for both. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
And behind it, the source of the steam…a redwood hot tub. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
But in a way, he’s responsible for my biggest source of income—keeping kids away from him. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
“Then this ‘source’ of yours should go straight to the authorities and make a report. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
The stationary sun that hung overhead was nothing but a virtual light source, programmed into the imaginary sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
As it turned out, liver was the only available source of vitamin C—and on liver I stuffed, without knowing why. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he figured now was the time to go straight to the source. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
The sources agree that Mary and Joseph fled the wrath of King Herod, since Herod had heard a prophecy about a newborn Messiah. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
It was the emergence of Venus, not the Church calendar, which was the source of his sense of urgency. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He said there were so many untapped sources of energy in the world that it was ridiculous to be burning all that fossil fuel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
He wasn’t able to go to school for weeks on end when his white blood cell counts were low, so I was basically his sole source of entertainment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
In 1932 another source of information was dramatically opened up to me and I saw data of a surprising nature that helped to clarify the personality of Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The young soldier hears him and looks around, confused, for the source of this disruption. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
The curve of growth can be plotted as an exponential line—1, 2-, 4-, 8-, 16-fold growth—until the culture turns turbid, and the sugar source has been exhausted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Slowly, slowly, the term minority became a source of unease. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Other examples of complex technologies that diffused east and west in the ancient Old World, from a single West Asian source, include door locks, pulleys, rotary querns, windmills—and the alphabet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Avid inventors tend to swamp physics departments and science magazines with blueprints for incredible machines—machines that eternally generate power without any source of energy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
This word is mistakenly used to mean “discriminating” or “sophisticated”; in fact, it means “drawn from many sources.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is an important source of food for many animals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Then there appeared to be less common sources per unit volume of space for the nearby sources than for the distant ones. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then her soul sat on her lips, and language flowed, from what source I cannot tell. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Correspondingly, if the source is moving away from us, the wavelength of the waves we receive will be longer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I mention this because the opening prayer of one of the ministers has stayed with me over these many years and was a source of strength at a difficult time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Greeks were stumped by the problem, but they did find the source of the trouble: infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
They were searching the cosmic radio background—that is, radio sources far beyond our solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
If you look at the shadow cast by a source at a great distance, such as the sun, you will see that the rays of light in the edge are not approaching each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He didn’t want Moody to guess that he had a source of information outside Hogwarts; that might lead to tricky questions about Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Reflecting Lawrence’s lack of conceit when it came to engineering, the machine incorporated the latest innovations of cyclotroneers across the country in designs for transformers, power transmission, the oscillator, and the ion source. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
But Farmer likes being grounded in the kind of obscurity, away from the media and spotlight, that refreshes his passion and authority; doctoring to the poor is his ultimate source of power. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
The source of a lot of the goblins’ magical power. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
Instinctively they feel that this is the source not only of wealth but of energy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
But although Royal in name, the London-based society was a collection of private individuals with no official source of funding and no obligations to the government. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
As instructed by her source, she and Greenwald waited outside a specific restaurant in a mall, watching for a man holding a Rubik’s Cube. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
And teosinte, unlike wild wheat and rice, is not a practical food source; its “ears” are scarcely an inch long and consist of seven to twelve hard, woody seeds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Climbing atop a wooden crate, someone’s abandoned seat, I saw the source of the tumult. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“He comes to find the source of this power,” Theseus said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Not that I know who Evelyn Waugh is, but knowing the source of a quote is what counts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
He shook himself back to the source of his anger. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
Since my dad was the only source of income before he got sick, I’ve had to become the man of the house. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Maybe he found another source of food,” he suggested, laughing. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Scheer had assembled a nice hors d’oeuvre platter from meager sources. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“It’s the source of much of our wizardly power. Its power lights the whole city.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
An intense raking light from an unseen source at the left is used to model forms and create textures. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
A bit of an interrogator herself, now that I think about it—same job as the rest of them, pulling sensational stories out of reluctant sources. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
Briony was their only source, and she made herself speak calmly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The parabola has a special property: it takes the rays of light from the sun, or any distant source, and focuses them to a point, concentrating all the light’s energy on a very small area. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Move the light source again, and the shadow is a trapezoid. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
In earlier work, Neel had combined data from multiple sources to estimate that two related groups of Central American Indians had split off from each other eight thousand to ten thousand years before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The Shu government had been capturing and experimenting on Grisha for years in an attempt to locate the source of their power. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
From countless trained and volunteer sources, including perhaps Lydia Darragh, Old Mom, and the egg seller, Washington got enough information to spoil the British plan. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
One distinguishing feature of hunger I already knew was persistence: I, too, whenever I felt hungry, always returned to the source of food whenever I was scatted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
But nothing seems to have any impact on John, which I suppose brings us right back to his source problem. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
Once, when both youths had lived with the Samanas about three years and shared their practices, they heard from many sources a rumor, a report Someone had appeared, called Gotama, the Illustrious, the Buddha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It is you who are the source of my troubles,” she said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
Ironically, the real source turned out to be air pollution from cars and factories. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
“Reliable historical sources tell us this much,” he said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
Perhaps the woman had wed a seaman of incorrigible appetites and hated the reminder—Cora didn’t know the source of her animus, or care. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
The cat seemed uninterested in him as a possible food source. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
The solar stills were the only other possible source of drinkable water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Not to mention that I hear from multiple sources that you’re the smartest kid in the family. I think that you thought you could get away with it. Why? Did you want their money?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
Nhamo knew it was foolish to ignore any source of food, though, so she held her nose and ate. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
The great majority have lifetimes of billions or more years in which they are shining stably, providing a suitable energy source for the origin and evolution of life on nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He heard this from an impeccable source. General Whitehead. His son went there for a year until the Communists drove him out.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tendai knew the men were making it, but it seemed to hang in the air without direction or source. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
Our genomes are catalogues of instructions from all kinds of sources in nature, filed for all kinds of contingencies. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Richardson herself was another source of fascination. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Researchers also learned that the primary source of wound infection was not air, but contact with hands, instruments, and even drops from a surgeon's mouth and nose. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Mark’s doing the same, trying to find the source of the noise. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
The supergiant is an unlikely source of X-rays, and it is tempting to identify the companion inferred in visible light with the source detected in X-ray light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The second Eurasian attempt to colonize the Americas succeeded because it involved a source, target, latitude, and time that allowed Europe’s potential advantages to be exerted effectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Only a few houses down, he found the source. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Even the congressional investigators had recognized that the overlapping jurisdiction was a source of discord and needless expense. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Of Eratosthenes’ parentage and early life, our sources are almost silent. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
Fire Department sources said that replacing the ruined equipment would cost “around $50,000.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Subsequent efforts to align musical pace with horological time, however, failed to ignite general enthusiasm; indeed, others were still attempting to match musical pulse with less scientific external sources. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
“Perhaps I was hasty about dropping them. Political movements must get their money from whatever source they can. The girls have, no doubt, a charm which their blue jeans and boots obscure.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The announcement meant that nine of the state’s ten largest banking organizations now needed an aggregate sum of money from public and private sources well into the tens of billions to stay afloat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
I just don't want relaxers in my hair—there are enough sources of cancer in my life as it is. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
The raw data for the calculations can come from public sources and, appropriately massaged, can yield surprising conclusions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Or, of particular interest to Mr. Go and his fellows, you see the source of life, the thing of things, purified as it were, without the clutter of a person attached. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The only source of light and air was a hole in the wall that faced the street. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
She told him we were disappointed in him and that, on more than one occasion, he’d been a source of great annoyance. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
The open source movement has grown to more than eight million users, perhaps the geekiest social movement on the Net, since its members and passionate adherents are programmers and designers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
If it weren’t for the fact that she was my only source of fresh milk, I would have driven her off that very first day. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
They were the source of our anxiety and our entertainment. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z
There were screams amongst the students, some of whom clutched each other, looking around in terror for the source of the sound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Civil rights advocates strenuously argued that it was the mentality and ideology that gave rise to Jim Crow that was the real source of the danger experienced by blacks. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
The plant uses the carbohydrates it makes as an energy source to go about its planty business. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It involved an invention known as the cavity magnetron, a source of high-powered microwaves. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Washington, like any good spymaster, wanted morsels of information from more than one source. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
A few seeds belong to species traditionally used as sources of dyes or medicine. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Right: a big source of shame for you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
“Darling,” she answered, “the best source of information in the entire Corps is in the middle of an “O” wives meeting. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Within a month he manages to redesign the receiver entirely, adding new parts here and there and connecting it to a power source. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
But the only steady source of illumination, though distant, appears in the upper right-hand corner. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
It's critical to the potato farm, and I'm the only source on Mars. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
This was a great source of pride for the French, but it was predicated on the assumption that the Earth was a perfect sphere–which Newton now said it was not. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
And here is their source, before my eyes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
They’d traversed about half of what they could see of its length when Mark heard voices, then saw their source. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
It didn’t seem to matter to them that the smoke was suffocating, or that it didn’t have a visible source. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
There is another: I was the source of food and water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Given that corruption seemed to permeate every institution in Osage County, these sources might be intentionally spreading disinformation in order to conceal the real plot. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Another source was Elias Boudinot, a delegate from New Jersey to the Continental Congress who went into the army as a colonel and became superintendent of British prisoners of war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Risks that you control are much less a source of outrage than risks that are out of your control,” Sandman said. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z
Two of these streams were sources of municipal water supply. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
They needed a more reliable source of power. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
At last she turned to the only source she could think of: her mother. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
A few other folks had also stopped singing and were craning their necks to find the source of the only real music in that little church. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
There was a faint source of illumination, like a stream of billions of tiny particles, faintly glowing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
This could mean that we are at the center of a great region in the universe in which the sources are fewer than elsewhere. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The only meat I'd shot was a squirrel that had practically run over my toes in its quest for acorns, but the animals would still be afoot when the snow buried my other food sources. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Do you know the source of that story? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
And what was the source of this fear? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
It is a source of satisfaction to be part of the improvement of the species. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
As one source of the signs themselves, Sequoyah practiced copying the letters from an English spelling book given to him by a schoolteacher. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
I have seen the nature of things that are happening, and I have heard things from sources which are reliable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
But the truth is I’m not ready to leave Wal-Mart yet; it’s my connection to the world, my source of identity, my place. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the other side was a closed-down gas station, a tattered billboard for a 1990s movie, and one open business, which was the source of the neon light and the good smell. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
My journey as a Muslim woman on Team USA flipped the Muslim narrative onto its head and became a source of pride for Muslims of all backgrounds. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Their eyes were dark purple, as if the clear blue water of their life source had condensed and thickened inside them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
A cheer went up from the pilots, virile, primal, up from the groin, at the very source of the breed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Judge Quinzy turned to locate the source of this voice emanating from the potted plants. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
I knew they couldn’t go very far from their tree, which was their source of life. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
Camp Greyhound has been the subject of investigative reports and a source of fascination for the city at large. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Are your other sources lying scoundrels? roller coaster. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was hungry, obviously, and looking for the source of the smell that had drawn him in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
A man of his age might seem too old to be playing Zorro, but then consider the source. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Its source was none other than Hans Bethe of the Bethe Bible. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
That sort of “global sourcing” has had a similar impact across the American marketplace. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
The source of the mischief materialized on the other end of the hayloft on the railing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Europe’s fragmentation did, and China’s unity didn’t, foster the advance of technology, science, and capitalism by fostering competition between states and providing innovators with alternative sources of support and havens from persecution. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“He’s been a reliable source of information, and he might lead to more clues. If I remove him now, it’ll be obvious to Zero that we know about him. They might suspect you.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t believe that they were really the source of reading’s value. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The New York Times Poll, which is the source of this and the previous charts in this chapter, was based on telephone interviews conducted March 9-14, 2005, with 4,764 adults throughout the United States. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
With Homer, they are the most important source of our knowledge of the myths. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The source of visual stimulation that is most relevant to the person gets the lion’s share of the neurological resources. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
And it may be noted that Oresme had grasped the crucial principle, that a combination of circular movements could produce the appearance of rectilinear movement, apparently independently of any Arabic source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
It was at once property and source of food, for a man with a boat can guarantee a woman that she will eat something. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
All over the country, speculation about the source of this historic leak began. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
These details were just to me what they were to them—so many pure and sweet sources of pleasure. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
Now imagine a source of light at a constant distance from us, such as a star, emitting waves of light at a constant wavelength. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Soon we were among the people, the source of the voices and sounds that came drifting over the wall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
The really interesting thing is that I might actually have another primary source literally under my pillow. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
Overall, the most pervasive and noticeable source of radio transmissions from the Earth is our television programming. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
This is one of the sources of his chafing at being considered inferior. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
But he said it without knowing the true source of my troubles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
But at the same time Matt remembered Maria saying that she did know the source of El Patron s transplants: And it’s evil! The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
In 1971, Uhuru discovered a remarkably bright X-ray source in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan, flickering on and off a thousand times a second. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was happy to be a source of inspiration to young Muslim girls in France, or anywhere else, but I hadn’t really thought of myself as a role model for kids except as a fencer. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
My letters to the authors, inquiring the source of their information, like the letter to the hospital from which Gey’s paper emanated, remain unanswered. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
And there would be no peace and the people would have no rest until the entanglement had been unwound to the source. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
"If only you knew what an unusual source we heard about you from!" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
To provide ourselves with a source of nutrition that will keep, aside from the hundred cans of food we’ve stored here, we bought three hundred pounds of beans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
In January 1944, after they traced some of her money back to Japanese sources, they arrested her as a spy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
In other species, less compulsively social, the members make their homes together, pool re- sources, travel in packs or schools, and share the food, but any single one can survive solitary, detached from the rest. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some sources even say that Socrates was initiated into some of the Egyptian mysteries. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
He told his colleagues that he was cultivating a new Soviet source. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
For some reason that red light was always a source of comfort to me, and many nights I fell asleep looking at it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
“I’m not going to ask you anything,” responded the source. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
It was too dark to make out clearly, but odd lights flashed from an unknown source, revealing blurs of silver spikes and glistening flesh. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Since neither pigs nor chickens can be harnessed to pull carts, highlanders remained without sources of power other than human muscle power, and also failed to evolve epidemic diseases to repel the eventual European invaders. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
It seemed for a moment as though Luce were listening at my source. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“Then you’ve cut me off from an important source of conversation.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
But the source was not his boy’s car. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Under this debate lies the real source of my distress: Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
The concept of real property is deeply implanted in us as the source and symbol of wealth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then the source of the light stepped out from behind an oak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
“If the state spent more time finding new sources of water, instead of fining us for filling our swimming pools,” one woman says, “we wouldn’t be in this position.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
There are great caverns for the gardens of fungi on which the termites depend for their nourishment, perhaps also as a source of heat. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Needless to add, I took care before leaving to lift, for ever and adequately, this source of reproach. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z
We know from a contemporary source that Chardin painted the youth “carefully from life and...tried hard to give him an ingenuous air.” History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
The nameless fruit became my only source of food. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
For all its importance as a source of capital and jobs for a people who lacked both, the Mutual was even more significant as an emblem of racial pride. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
"The supplies wouldn't be the only source of food," she said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
But two other important words for man have stranger sources. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Artemis would not risk causing brain damage to his meal ticket, nor could he afford to reveal the Book as the source of his information. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
The most likely source of the virus, Dobyns realized, was the Caribbean. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
With his stronger eye he stared deeply into a pumpkin blossom for the source of his garden’s disease. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another major difference among agricultural systems involved the main sources of calories and carbohydrates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The Soviets never could have guessed that a second source was about to walk in the door. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then the development of the steamship in the nineteenth century introduced an ominous source of noise pollution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Citing your sources means that you have to show proof of where you got your information. And make it look good. You can’t just go on Wiki.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
The island was no larger than Dumbledore’s office, an expanse of flat dark stone on which stood nothing but the source of that greenish light, which looked much brighter when viewed close to. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
The most obvious source of potential conflict was the likelihood that Rob might decide to turn us around before the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z
I hoped this “Rain” was a reliable source. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
Ovid is the only source for this story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Einstein introduced a new “antigravity” force, which, unlike other forces, did not come from any particular source but was built into the very fabric of space-time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I still can’t see well enough to find the source of the scream, but I see a dark lump on the floor a few bunks down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
What was the source of the human conflict that made them necessary? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I take a step out from under the trees so I can scan the river again toward its source. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
But now the feelings were twisted, tangled roots, and all the names for the source of this growth were buried under English words, out of reach. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
He now made his first appeal to a source he had been carefully nurturing for more than a year. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Greatly intrigued, I asked whether he had seen this illumination and sought its source, saying that this was a worthy object for the inquiries of philosophy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
This was primary source material, research papers based on direct experimental data, involved theoretical constructions utilizing a complex vocabulary and containing a wealth of original ideas—and he was breaking his head on it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
They collected so many caterpillars that it was difficult to keep track of all their food sources. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The automobiles’ delicate constitutions and general faintheartedness soon became a source of scorn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Canada, Cuba, and Mexico were also reliable sources of drink. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Then Frank and Percy burst into the open and began to massacre every source of fiber they could find. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Leale’s fingers probed for the source of the blood and found it behind the left ear: a neat, round hole, about the diameter of a man’s fingertip, clotted with a plug of coagulated blood. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
They followed the line down the field and reached the hedge beside the carrot ground and the source of the brook. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was dark down below, but Mark could see a walkway made of silvery metal—mostly hidden in shadow—that encircled the huge space underneath.There was no light source and no sign of people. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Gold hissed, infuriated by this source’s lack of trade - craft training. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since he’d been laid off eighteen months earlier, it was his only source of income. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
It will not get hot enough to emit X rays, but it could account for the very compact source of radio waves and infrared rays that is observed at the galactic center. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
June reads over his shoulder; somehow, some “anonymous source” got the security camera footage from the lobby of the Beekman that night of the DNC. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
It was like her heart was being stabbed with the most immense kind of love, and regardless of its source, the pain was still too much to handle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
To her horror, one evening, she got to meet the source of one of these eerie noises. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Now the Soviet Air Force became an unlucky target for Stalin’s purges, because it had been a source of pride for Mikhail Tukhachevsky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
That way, even inside the CIA, it would appear as if Penkovsky's material were coming from different sources, making it more difficult to trace it back to him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
As source material, they mined the roster of National Research Fellows. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
They interpreted the weak sources as being the more distant ones, and the stronger ones as being nearer. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Beads of sweat fell off his forehead and sizzled into steam after touching the glowing sources of heat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
He looked around for the source of the light and saw a sliver of silver-white shining brightly from within a black cabinet behind him, whose door had not been closed properly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
One day, as Nhamo watched the baboon troop pass beneath her platform, she realized that they had many more sources of food than she. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Manure has been valuable, too, as a source of fuel for fires in traditional societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
DNA is identified as the source of genetic information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
Another story about Pandora is that the source of all misfortune was not her wicked nature, but only her curiosity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
Without question, the dogs were the most dependable source of entertainment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
The Nile River valley, with its plentiful stands of papyrus plant, was long the primary source of this material in antiquity. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
But then he heard music, strange, otherworldly music, and he forgot his dislike of the Ministry in looking around for the source of it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Most of the actionable intelligence the National Security Agency and CIA scoop comes from open source information. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
A small porthole above was the only source of light and air. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ayanna shook her head sadly like this was a constant source of disappointment. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
She hadn’t gotten a job and that was one of several sources of growing tension with her new husband. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
“I believe,” he went on, trembling, “that they are much closer to finding out exactly where the child is. They have other sources of knowledge forbidden to me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Sooner or later, she would reach its source, a mountain spring or melting snowdrift, and then she’d have to walk. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
And there was one other comfort, and it came from a surprising source. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z
Yet it has always been only a question of time: fall will come, and my food sources will be gone; and Mr. Loomis will not wait forever. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
He would cut his grant request to $500,000 and try to make up the balance from other sources. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Malcolm X steadily accused the Black Muslims as the source of the various attacks and threats. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as the sky began to lighten, Thor walked into the forest without waking his companions, looking for the source of the sound. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
Making it worse was the fact that neither of us had an easy source to draw from. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Flynn wanted to identify the source of the rising IQ scores more definitively. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
If the Bible were a somewhat contradictory source when it came to the question of slavery, the Declaration of Independence, the secular version of American scripture, was an unambiguous tract for abolition. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
The women’s art guild turned its hats toward the source of the volcanic sound. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
And that was the ultimate source of its beguiling charm. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
In 1915, Mother Nature added to blacks’ suffering when a tiny insect pest, the boll weevil, spread through the cotton crop, destroying the South’s major source of income. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
She was smiling at him now, as if she had guessed the source of his embarrassment. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Each shelter had a nearby privy, a good water source, and a picnic table, so we could prepare and eat our meals in a more or less normal posture instead of squatting on damp logs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
I heard something and looked up and down the road for its source. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The creature that was the source of it must have been perched on the back of Mrs. Coulter’s chair, because the light streaming over it threw its shadow clearly on the wall. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The control panels were pieced-together displays and switches that seemed to come from a dozen sources. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
The secrecy, dating back to the previous October, was designed to conceal from the International Olympic Committee the political and ideological source of the film’s funding. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“Oh, it’s a terrific plan. It could really ramp up our timetable. Get us to our financing source sooner. I just have one concern. One qualm.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
Nor that Hobbes’s source for his claim that the life of men outside society is “solitary, nasty, poor, brutal, and short” was “the savage people in many places of America.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
It creates a massive vapor lock, as it were, in mammalian fuel lines: The body is prevented from turning what it eats into a source of usable energy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Most shine mainly in visible and infrared light; others are also brilliant sources of X-rays or radio waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
One must find the source within one’s own Self, one must possess it. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
The initial gases, and the energy sources, are common throughout the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The young witch in the front row shrieked: Pink pages flew everywhere as she and her fellows jumped up, looking around for the source of the commotion. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
While I was there, I met a fellow contestant, Mary Kate Bush, who later became a great source of strength to me, as well as a lifelong friend. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
The Angkar wants to rid Democratic Kampuchea of other races, deemed the source of evil, corruption, and poison, so that people of the true Khmer heritage can rise to power again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
What’s needed is a system of physical elements capable of many different combinations, and a source of energy through the system. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Startled, Kaisa stood up swiftly and looked for the source of the words. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Maybe it would be better not to include cows but instead rely on other food sources, such as shrimp floating in large plastic bags full of water. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
While the giant engines at the Waterworks were being taken apart piece by piece and examined for damage, temporary sources of power were sought. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z
If he could not grow and process sugar in the Caribbean, he needed another source. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
A mark of mystery, and a source of fascination for those who viewed the family from afar. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
Waking as a child on Christmas day was like this—the sleepy thrill, before remembering its source. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
But the source of the disastrous line to get into school now made sense: They only had one of the machines running. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
He could not move until the scorpion moved, and it felt for the source of the death that was coming to it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
Because the Agency had no high-level agents in East Germany, Rolph's cable was America's only official source of information about the impending collapse of the East German communist state. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
It was a source of social and technological innovation of continental importance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
She always tried to be a source of loving energy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Sound from a source speeding toward a listener would become compressed and register at a higher pitch, while sound speeding away would be heard with a drop in its pitch. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
They might be simple, down-to-earth statements about navigation, or sources of krill, or limits of territory. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I know how to identify reputable sources, but it takes some time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“I don’t think they know themselves what to ask. The whole situation is unprecedented. Even the idea of opposing the Capitol’s agenda is a source of confusion for the people here,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
In true hardship, he could be a source of immense strength. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
I discovered the almost mystical attachment that the Xhosa have for cattle, not only as a source of food and wealth, but as a blessing from God and a source of happiness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
May is a source of our word maybe, and that’s a good clue to how it’s used. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
What was in retrospect the most serious contemporary challenge to Lowell’s ideas came from an unlikely source. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
International health authorities were urgently concerned to find the exact source of the monkeys, in order to pin down where in nature the Marburg virus lived. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
One of the two sources Danny had quoted contained a biblical verse, and his father asked him who else had based a law upon this verse. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Instead, Japan became even more determined to conquer new territory, new sources of raw materials—even if this meant taking on the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
How might a bacterium even “know,” or sense, that the sugar source had been switched? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
For that, he got a kick under the table from two different sources. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
With remarkable prudence he acknowledged that his calculations could be wrong if "sources now unknown to us are prepared in the great storehouse of creation"–but it was clear that he thought that unlikely. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Outside the hospital, I heard the warbling of a bird, and it was such a familiar warble that I stopped and listened for its source. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
In some parts of the world the cultivation of fish in ponds provides an indispensable source of food. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
“A stern warning and reprimand must be made,” Moscow cabled its New York office, “for losing contact with such a source.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The room was in semidarkness; the flames were the only source of light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
A voice of overbred brutality roared from an invisible source within the building. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Beyond lay another door filled with something that whirled round and round, and was the source of the breeze. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
No doubt whatever you did to show him that was the source of conflict between you and your sister.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
In addition, my oldest brother, Dennis, guru of wisdom and source of much of our worldly news in the 1960s, came home from college with respect for Jewish friends he’d met. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He whipped around to see what had happened, but the bulk of the Berg was between him and the source of the noise. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
“He’s been a source of conniving and cajolery in this community long enough,” Mrs. Larkin continued. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
A voice rang out from the backseat, but with the tinted windows, we couldn’t see its source. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
And there was no source of supplies or money in sight. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
It had stayed with Bobby, her memory of the river’s source, and since her death . In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
In school the science teacher had explained what superstition was, and then held the science textbook up for the class to see the true source of explanations. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
This cushion was the source of much misery. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
“Ship breaking would be one possible trade source for raw components.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
“We’ve got a power source breach here, Captain. We need to get your head sprayed immediately.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Furthermore, by not being dependent on any single kind of food, they were less liable to suffer when one particular food source failed. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
He didn’t want to meet the source of those lights, those sounds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Inside it, the kingcups bloomed and the brook whelmed up from its source. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Warden had never quite figured out the vehicle’s wiring, and whoever plugged the bus into a power source at a new campground often got a nasty electrical shock. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Would there be any way I could travel parallel to the fire and work my way back there, to a source of water at least? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Leptons are the source of electrons and neutrinos. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Indeed, at the seminar at which they announced their discovery, I remember that they called the first four sources to be found LGM 1—4, LGM standing for “Little Green Men.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Or what the source of this mysterious evil might be. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Nathan wiped away the tears on his cheeks and walked to the source of the singing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
There didn’t seem to be any source of light except for Percy’s and Jason’s blades. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Especially in the experience of Japanese archaeologists, China is regarded as the source of cultural breakthroughs in East Asia, such as agriculture, writing, metallurgy, and everything else of significance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Now that we have explored the source of word sounds, we arrive at the puzzle of word meanings. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
I glance around for the source of the voice. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
Though Corcoran had no known history of drug abuse, sources close to the boy say that the normally extroverted Corcoran had become moody and withdrawn in the months prior to the disappearance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
The source of the disagreement goes much deeper, however, involving conflicting attitudes toward government itself, competing versions of citizenship, differing postures toward the twin goals of freedom and equality. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Phusis became the source of physic, which at first meant natural science and later was the word for medicine. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Shin was the only available source of information about his early life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
“I thought, Jane, you had told me all. I thought I had found the source of your melancholy in a dream.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
The social insects, especially ants, have been sources of all kinds of parables, giving lessons in industry, interdependence, altruism, humility, frugality, patience. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m afraid that’s impossible. Possibly there was some bleeding from another source.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
My youngest sister was a constant source of drama in our house. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Spurge answered, “It’s the source of much of the goblins’ magical powers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
The source of the music was none other than a Brylcreemed Orpheus who lived directly behind her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The one poor pipe of water pumped up from deep near the house was the only source; sometimes it got dangerously low, and twice it went dry. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
At the end of a month, the children began to be inquisitive about the source of the milk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
Aureliano, of course, understood that his brother’s affliction did not have its source in the search for the philosopher’s stone, but he could not get into his confidence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
“This traffic covered a period of more than a year, was from many different sources both on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, and the volume was increasing daily,” Elizebeth reported. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Numerous articles and editorials declared that the Mercury broadcast was an illustration of why radio was less trustworthy as a news source than the printed press. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
The descent of the weight is regulated by an escapement mechanism and, before the pendulum, it was the inaccuracy of this regulation that was the source of error. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Without friends and a packed schedule to keep me busy, keeping track of time and numbers has become a prime source of entertainment. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
Jefferson had mentioned the Alien and Sedition Acts as a major source of partisan hatred. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Jefferson went on to acknowledge that Adams’s critical perspective on the French Revolution had been a major source of his unpopularity. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
While those birds were important food sources for the initial colonists, especially on New Zealand’s South Island, most of them were soon exterminated on all islands, because they were easy to hunt down. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
But then Kyle thought of something: “This is why Mr. Lemoncello called our time-out a bonus. He knew we’d need a ton of time to find a new source of numbers.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
Georgia O’Keeffe called some of her works “equivalents” because their forms were abstracted in a way that gave the emotional parallel of the source experience. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Under Mr. Dantzler, the Big Store became a source of town cohesiveness and a social gathering spot. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Information is our source of energy; we are driven by it. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
It seems Pol Pot has replaced the Angkar as the source of power. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Since 1963, she has remained incommunicado, and according to sources, even her family is unaware of her whereabouts. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Though the sanctuary staff had worked hard to keep the bonobos healthy, I didn’t like the idea of drinking from the same source as they did. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
He had reached that point in existence where he wasn’t afraid to hurt anyone who threatened his only source of meaning, his love for himself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Her lack of commitment is a source of great rancor between them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Norwegian whalers were the only source of information about current conditions in the Antarctic, and the news they had for Shackleton was bad. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
Sparkling Paola was like the silver stars that his teachers pasted on the pages of his elementary school homework, sources of a shallow, fleeting pleasure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Thinking about the source of sound production and materials will lead you to the field of organology, or the classification of musical instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
“I could fit Geels’ brains in the toe of my boot, and Big Bolliger was his only source inside the Dregs.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
But no one has ever found the source. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
Miss Mallory left her book on the picnic table to inspect the source of the noise. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
But he had not been able to sort out and put words to the source of his confusion, so he had let it pass. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z
Once the source of their personal misfortune was identified, they had leave to protect and love one another. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
“I believe the nursery is one source of disturbance,” he told his wife, and she sighed irritably. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
They had to keep Gaia away from her source of power - the earth - and weaken her until she could be defeated. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
In 1733, Parliament ruled that an extra six cents must be added to the price of every gallon of molasses that did not come from an English source. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
It has two main sources: lightning and Homo sapiens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
These three volumes were found to be a work of great skill and learning in which, between 1403 and 1418, he had used all the sources available to him in Rivendell, both living and written. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Mesmerized by the politics of open source, I’d started writing for the site for free. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Apart from anything else, nearly half the completed work now consisted of quotations from French sources, still in the original French. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
He sifted through many sources for his material but in the main he concentrated on a set of ancient Icelandic documents known as the Eddas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
The newsmen had learned how to buy access to their source; several of them came on board laden with carrots, which Seabiscuit fished from their pockets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
They had been tracking down the source of the American counterfeit money that showed up in Morocco, and by coincidence arrived at the Chelsea just seconds after the FBI. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
By that, he meant even the most knowledgeable doctors in the country were ignorant of the existence of germs and bacteria, the source of infections and diseases. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
It scares me, worrying about money and things going wrong and not having a source of income. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
They had learned a good deal about elil from some source or other and seemed sure that few wild rabbits survived for long. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Third, Eurasian societies enjoyed a huge advantage in their sources of power to operate machines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
He told me about an article he had read, by a white re-searcher who couldn’t deny the truth, about the amazing proper-ties of melanin, the source of pigment in the skin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Standing in front of the elevators, Sheehan explained that a source had offered to give him a copy of a secret government study about Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“For me, they’re like the most sacred kind of mural. My personal source of power—ancestry.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
Departing from Goedart’s example, she also included eggs, declaring boldly that eggs were the source of every caterpillar despite widespread public belief in spontaneous generation of insects. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Letting go of Mamá, I turned toward the source of the footsteps to see the figure of a lone man standing at the threshold of the kitchen door. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Mr. Philips visited them all, and this opened to his nieces a source of felicity unknown before. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z
"I suppose they get it at the source," said Bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
At the time of this writing, one source of a large variety of such books was jazzbooks.com. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
Screams and laughter and what sounded like metal beating on metal.The screams were the most chilling, and he didn’t know if he was prepared to see their source. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
These were the guys, the source of my pain, the source of their own pain; the source of their victims’ and of their families’ pain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Another source of information for discussion at the Klavern hall was the national UKA magazine Fiery Cross. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
The source was a tooth that had been chipped many years before, but now it had fractured again, and deeply. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
Ovid is the best source for this story. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
As they mulled over their future, southern blacks looked to the Chicago Defender, a source of inspiration and the unvarnished truth about the world around them, for guidance. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Sweetness is a sign that a food is a rich source of carbohydrate energy. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
The North Korean government had decided that the camp, with its high-voltage fence and factories that churned out military uniforms, glassware, and cement, needed a reliable local source of electricity, and fast. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
As we have seen, Maxwell’s equations predicted that the speed of light should be the same whatever the speed of the source, and this has been confirmed by accurate measurements. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Later in the evening, the two men learned about the radio program and finally understood the source of the rumor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
I close my eyes and feel him as a source of power, nebulous and shifting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
This was the Rockefeller Foundation, which soon would supplant every other source as Ernest Lawrence’s preeminent philanthropic sponsor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Up ahead, in a clear area near the summit of the hill, she saw the source of the thin smoke—a waist-high cylinder of stone with a wooden windlass and a dangling bucket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
He always went to Moravian Cemetery to drink beer, which sounds a little crazy, but it isn’t if you explore his source problem a bit. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
The “sources” also speculate that this could be a motive for her murder. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
There, at the source of the spring, was a two-inch-tall statue of a fairy, finely carved. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
A moment later I come across the source of the odor: a plastic garbage bag filled with feathers, down, and the severed wings of several birds. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Columbus was searching for hardware—precious metals, silk, and spices—the sources of wealth in his day. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Mark squints—his eyes have already grown used to the darkness—and tries to see the source of the light. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Had the child been the source of it? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
The cold will have killed the spiders by now, thought Jon, and the rats may be a useful source of meat come winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Therefore, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the city to prohibit noise disturbances from all sources.’” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
“Protego!” roared Harry, and the Shield Charm expanded in the middle of the Hall, and Voldemort stared around for the source as Harry pulled off the Invisibility Cloak at last. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Dimarion placed a hand over his heart, and said, his voice laced with venom, “I had a source in the employ of a certain captain we know...a fine woman dear to both our hearts.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
The colonial account of Inka history closest to indigenous sources is byjuan de Betanzos, a Spanish commoner who rose to marry an Inka princess and become the most prominent translator for the colonial government. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
I would wager that you are a very good source for the journalists. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
“Nuclear power source, if I’m not mistaken. We must be careful not to underestimate our opponents.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Tactfully–for the aging Kelvin was present, if not always fully awake–Rutherford noted that Kelvin himself had suggested that the discovery of some other source of heat would throw his calculations out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
I would find the source of the Nile and name it after you. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
My father’s problems had one source, he said ominously: my father had totally lost contact with his ancestral spirits, and they were mad. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
He would swing and look at it—a breaking twig, a movement of air—and know die sound as if he somehow could move his mind back down the wave of sound to the source. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
His mother was a source of great conflict to him, as was mine. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
And I’m suddenly hit with this strange sensation, like there’s an emergency alarm echoing in my head, and my brain is helpless to identify its source. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Reinforcing that interpretation of a single invention of pottery in the south and a spread from that one source, the style of the earliest Jomon pottery is fairly uniform over the whole of Japan. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The young source led the way to a nearby hotel, and up to his room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
The originals were to be designated the Alpha racetracks; the new, smaller racetracks, which would have thirty-six tanks arranged in a rectangle, with two ion sources each, were labeled Betas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
There’s a rose in President Snow’s lapel, which at least suggests a source of the flower perfume, but it must be genetically enhanced, because no real rose reeks like that. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
He added that it could become a source of inspiration for young freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But sources within the company said that at the time of Morrow’s resignation, he and Halliday had not spoken to each other directly in several years. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
As Anh had nervously inspected the windows to establish the best source of light, he’d mounted her expensive, brand-new Nikon to the tripod and positioned it on the edge of the parquet floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Wasn’t this an ideal source of treats with which to condition him to obey? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Your extraordinary skill and genius at the most difficult of games is a source of pride to me and to all who stand in the light of your remarkable accomplishments.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
You had to be careful using yourself as source. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
But what if their “work” relied on a steady supply of spirit, and their only source was their own body? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
The mulefa were planting a grove around it, because it was a holy place, they said; they would maintain it forever; it was a source of joy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
Yatzkov then gave Gold the name and address of the second source, $500 for the man, a password, and the torn half of a Jell-O box. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is attitudes and assumptions, a source of identity, a system of exclusion. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
The word “quasar” is an acronym for “quasi-stellar radio source.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Any and every source was of interest to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Giulia was full of inside sources familiar with the English literacy test. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The source of a great amount of anxious speculation on my part at the time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Le Roy’s book is, in this and other respects, effectively a reply to Vergil; his key move is to steer clear of the Bible as a source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
You have to find the source, to destroy it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
“You’re quite right. There is a direction I’d be especially glad to see you taking. And provided we could agree, I might even be able to find you some extra money from another source altogether.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
The main source of relief from the heat for the kids in Welch was the public swimming pool, down by the railroad tracks near the Esso station. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Like the dinitros, it interferes, often fatally, with the body’s source of energy, so that the affected organism almost literally burns itself up. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
But it is not a source of good fellowship there, or amongst the dragons, who also prize it highly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Their method involved bombarding aluminum foils with alpha rays produced by their usual rudimentary source, a hunk of the inexpensive but vigorous alpha emitter polonium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Therefore, when Herbert and I sat down with him by his fire, I asked him first of all whether he relied on Wemmick’s judgment and sources of information? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z
That is exactly what I was learning on my own travels: Homesourcing to Salt Lake City and outsourcing to Bangalore were just flip sides of the same coin—sourcing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
I pretended not to care that they watched me like a zoo creature or potential source of loot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The caller told Morse he wanted to pass on some information, but only on the strictest assurance that the source would never be revealed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
“They’re completely self- sustaining. They have their own source of power, their own water pumps, their own water filtration, their own food sources They’re independent.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Yawning and stretching, I looked down at the pond that had been the source of such fire and fluster the previous night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
In fact, the source of the Nile was not found for another 2,000 yea In May, Caesar left Egypt for Syria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
“The Lady Lillian’s paleness was a source of pride for her father. It makes her rather unusual.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
But this first clumsy attempt showed her that the imagination itself was a source of secrets: once she had begun a story, no one could be told. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“It marks a source—an oil source,” he lied. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
The old guard’s natural radiation sources, the thimblefuls of radium and clumps of radium-beryllium they used to make the discoveries that transformed physics—nuclear disintegration, the neutron, and artificial radioactivity—had had their day. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
To me the trees were shelter, the undergrowth a source of nourishment, and the pool reflecting moonlight only reminded me of my thirst. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Then a massive shape about the size of a blue whale swam over the light source, creating a huge, dark shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
On a farm, manure would be a source of fertility. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
The principal energy sources of our present industrial civilization are the so-called fossil fuels. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Here, Burnham realized, contractors would have to drive piles at least down to hard-pan, an expensive complication and a source of additional delay. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Recognizing a sound’s timbre is significant to humans in that it helps us to distinguish the source of the sound, i.e. who is calling us—our parents, friends, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile, in the first days of December intelligence reports about British troop movements began streaming into Washington’s headquarters from various sources. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
With the water supply gone, firemen could do very little unless they were near the river or lake and could draw water directly from those sources. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z
Without definitive documentary evidence of particular sources we may never know if this research included tribal melodies he later passed off as his own. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
It’s easy to point at other men, conveniently dead, starting with the ones who first scooped up mud from riverbanks to catch the scent of a source. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The source of Cook's scars becomes sickeningly clear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
The composer's expert control over such feelings of expectation and arrival are one of the main sources of the listener's enjoyment of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
I wondered where he got this, and sought to discover the source of his attitude during the drive into Mobile. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Let me pause a moment on the subject of Mrs. van Daan and tell you that her attempts to flirt with Father are a constant source of irritation to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
They draped these over the balky apparatus and localized the radiation source to Kamen’s fly, which evidently had collected a heavy burden of waste radio-phosphorus from Kamen’s work for John Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
“More reputable sources claim I used a piece of bar-iron from a nearby table.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
By then they had other sources of uranium, and it was not top secret any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
At last he feels that he belongs in the classroom, and this is exactly the source of the dissatisfaction he causes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turned around and saw the source of the sound. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Sadly, however, we realized that the impetuous tangle with King’s would dry up our source of new experimental results. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
Much like incense today, spices were thought of as having almost mystical, spiritual qualities. source that allowed Europeans to drain swamps and make use of lands that had previously gone to waste. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
It was a popular name in those days and several women in the Morte d’Arthur had it, particularly as some of its manuscript sources have got mixed up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Appealing to authority—whether by quoting a commonplace or the words of a named source— always strengthens an argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z
Winnie was subsequently dismissed from her second job as a social worker because of the incident, and lost her main source of income. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But then I decided that, addiction to robbery aside, he seemed like a together enough person to keep straight the source of a poem he had inscribed on his own back. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I retrace our steps, starting from the moment the gong rang out, searching for the source of my discomfort. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
“You should both wait on that gorgon blood. If my sources are right, you’re going to need it on your quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
He wondered if they had tracked him like a thirsty animal, certain they would find him near the only source of water in that area. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Without revealing the source of his information, Ellsberg tried to persuade colleagues at Rand of the danger—Richard Nixon was secretly escalating the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
A bit of blood, a handful of glass splinters, another source of pain. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile, the noise made by the plumbing and the sight of the water gurgling down the drain was a source of fascination to the boys. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
He had the feeling that O’Brien was his protector, that the pain was something that came from outside, from some other source, and that it was O’Brien who would save him from it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
Somkit stared at Pong, one nostril crinkled, his upper lip curled back, as if he were trying to locate the source of a bad smell. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Part of the problem was that, according to several reliable sources, I tended to exhaust people. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
As I was telling you, they had just lifted me from the floor, my performance and subsequent pratfall the sources of a great feeling of camaraderie. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Drawing from sources as diverse as aikido and barroom brawls, the instructors taught us ways to tangle with an attacking or resisting inmate that you weren’t likely to see in, say, a John Wayne movie. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now it was also serving as a source of drive, even inspiration. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Every time one food source was depleted, the bonobos discovered another. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
I’d begun writing for a new website, Slashdot.org, an intensely geeky techno/pop-culture site devoted to the open source Linux operating system and to the open source and free software movements. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The finale was of great importance, a source of private joy. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Humans now had a dependable source of light and warmth, and a deadly weapon against prowling lions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
The thought surprised him, as if its source had been founded in actual memory, a wisp of light in the darkness of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I realize the source of the niggling feeling I had earlier. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Mark squinted, hand shielding the glare, as he searched the sky for the source of the noise. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
It seemed to him and his gyptian companions that the inundation had a stranger source than the weather because it had begun to cause curious illusions and to behave in unexpected ways. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Powell followed the dim finger, “Check! Now fasten your eye on the robots and pray they don’t move too far from that part of the tunnel. They’re my light sources. Are all seven there?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
The commercial fisheries represent such an interest, and even more importantly, an essential source of food. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
For the first time in my life, fencing had become a source of stress. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
To their surprise they came upon dark pools fed by threads of water trickling down from some source higher up the valley. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
Any human contact was for him a source of the deepest discomfort. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
That particular morning was Wednesday, and the papers reported another source of blame for the event. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
They’d made their way through the woods another few hundred yards when it became obvious that there was a source of light up ahead. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
A new funding source had entered the field: the National Cancer Institute, established by Congress in August and seeded with $400,000 in annual grant-making authority. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
So far you truly have keen a great source of comfort to me, and so has Kitty, whom I now write to regularly. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
I'm traveling uphill now, which I prefer, with a source of fresh water not only for myself but possible game. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
It wasn’t until morning that she learned what had been the source of the ringing sound. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
Later, it even became a source of humor as my colleagues would occasionally call me “Mr.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He believed in Ultima’s power, and he knew it was his last source of help. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The 588th was sent to help prevent the Germans from taking over the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, an important source of oil for the USSR. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
He had been brought to Robben Island to restore order, and he had singled out the individual he assumed was the source of the disorder. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The clouds parted, and the lightning’s true source revealed itself—not lightning at all, no, but fireworks bursting in arterial gushes of blue and crimson. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Which meant that what to do with me became just one more source of tension between them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Whenever possible I conducted multiple interviews with multiple sources to ensure accuracy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
He could not risk sending disinformation to Moscow—he wanted this second source as a backup to Fuchs’s material. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
This tree looked like an umbrella, held overhead by four trunks that spread out from their common source. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
John Quincy’s network of European sources also urged enlightened procrastination. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Uganda was one of the biggest sources of these animals. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I searched the indigo sky for the noise’s source. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
The Centers for Disease Control focused its efforts on trying to trace the source of the virus, and the trail eventually led back to the Ferlite Farms monkey-storage facility near Manila. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whirling about, he looked for the source of the mystery voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
She only admitted facts she was sure her questioners knew from other sources, especially her connection to Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
To think that, to string those words together in my mind, was itself a source of hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
The last thing he wanted was for Snape to start investigating the source of his newfound brilliance at Potions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Breeding seabirds were also quickly reduced in number but continued to be important food sources on some islands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Whether Philip ever saw the manuscript is unknown, but Poma de Ayala's work—one of the few non- European accounts of Inka life—is now a fundamental scholarly source. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
The helicopters were closer, a great blowing of insects to a single light source. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
“In the gloomiest moments of the Revolutionary War,” he wrote in 1820, “I never had any apprehensions equal to what I feel from this source.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
All the usual sources of information including e-mail and cell phones were much too slow and unreliable to be of any use and there was no television to speak of. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
I guess it’s an indication of rain, of a water source for those who don’t have mentors as smart as Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Ancient sources talk about his perishing at sea for his impiety, or alternatively, say that the brotherhood banished him and constructed a tomb for him, expelling him from the world of human beings. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
“Our sources indicate that President Gray and his cabinet believe this to be the work of the Federal Coalition.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
The Bible has much to teach, yet professors must use it judiciously, supplementing it with other sources, when they teach ancient Middle Eastern history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Dorian watched a grin spread across the assassin’s face as she beheld the source. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
The auditory cortex also recognizes the location of different sound sources in space, and can identify and segregate different auditory objects. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
It requires a supply of water into the pumping mechanism, and the source of that supply must be higher than the top of the cylinder. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
What she felt was more like homesickness, though there was no source for it, no home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
It is not a plausible source of raw materials: the freightage from Mars to Earth would be too expensive for many centuries to come. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Our sources say he is very much alive and that he is awaiting trial.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
In tradecraft, “cultivation” means gathering information on a potential source, feeling him out to see if he might be convinced to cooperate. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
War wasn’t the only source of trouble in our lives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Each C- ration package was supposed to be a three-meal-a-day food source. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
I searched over his shoulder for the source of the noises. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
The study concluded that the effect on Americans of radioactive emissions from nuclear tests was vastly outweighed by their exposure to diagnostic X-rays and other common sources. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
“What is it...this thing at the source?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Using only the most abundant gases that were present on the early Earth and almost any energy source that breaks chemical bonds, we can produce the essential building blocks of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is a major source of our moods and emotions, of our concern and care for the young. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He swept his spear in front of him, trying to locate the source of the voice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
It is a source that historians of the steam engine have overlooked because it does not discuss steam engines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
So either I asked Celia what exactly was going on with McCoy—she probably wouldn’t give me a straight answer—or I found another source of information. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
Perhaps some electrical finder could have been developed so delicate that it could have located the source of all this spreading joy and fortune. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
In addition, some big domestic mammals served as sources of milk and of milk products such as butter, cheese, and yogurt. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The new building sparkling in the North Carolina spring sunshine was a source of pride throughout the black community, but it was a pride alloyed with cynicism for Durham’s poorest black citizens. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
According to the Warden’s latest plan, when finished the boat would serve as both their home and a source of revenue, through commercial fishing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Her only clue about the source of the strain was a comment William had once made. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
The sources of Montaigne’s scepticism are not difficult to identify. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The two trackers search every big tree and water source. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
But if insecurity was the primal source of Hamilton’s incredible energy, one would have to conclude that providence had conspired to produce at the most opportune moment perhaps the most creative liability in American history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
“She was hungry! Look, we’ll just watch her for a while. If she’s fine, then we know that fruit is safe to eat. We might have found a food source, okay?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
How they would, each and all, abhor me and hunt me from the world, did they know my unhallowed acts and the crimes which had their source in me! Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her father’s office had always been a source of refuge for her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
There was a memory that he could not place, of being carried on his father’s shoulders, up a hill toward a great attraction, toward the source of a huge excitement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Regulations were stringent, and his data never was obtained from a reliable source, but always were obtained. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Mr. Kleiman relates the latest news from town, and he’s an excellent source. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Nor is it the whole truth simply to say, as many books do, that Harvey saw the heart as the source of the blood’s heat. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
They charitably consider many alternatives, including the surprising possibility that the source lies within the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
“At least, to date nothing has been filed with the State Corporation Commission. As to how many up there have signed—I think, and my sources inform me, practically nobody.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The stumpy arm is still an issue, but the faceplate was the main source of leaks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Momma, always self-conscious at public displays of emotions not traceable to a religious source, told me to come with her and we’d bring the bread and bowls. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
If anything, Jesse spends more time online now; the things that draw him there—games, weblogs, chat and messaging systems, open source operating programs—have become far more advanced and compelling. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
So far the calutron’s production was minuscule and its reliability imperfect, but he was already planning to replace its 10-milliampere ion source with one offering yet another tenfold increase in power. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
But I do have a free source of heat: me. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Julian said, "With all due respect, sir, I think you ought to check another source." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
There’s enough “primary source” evidence—the newspaper and journal—to piece all that together. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
“Thus far, as I hope you agree, I have shown you reasonably firm sources of fact for my deductions as to what Voldemort did until the age of seventeen?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Trying to find the source of the scream, Stella raced around the bank of the pond, then stumbled to her knees. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The Lawrence family was pious in the manner of northern Midwestern Lutherans, religion serving as much as the warp and woof of the community fabric as a source of personal succor or theological speculation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
“The element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future,” Einstein had written. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The newspapers delivered by Jones continue to be a source of information and misery, as it becomes more and more clear that Booth’s actions have condemned him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
The source of Burnham’s greatest dismay was the failure of the architects to finish their drawings on schedule. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
“Do any other family members know the rest of this story? They’d be secondary sources, obviously....” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
This piling up of chemicals from many different sources creates a total exposure that cannot be measured. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
The light source was on the other side of the backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
I loved watching Faizah fence because she was so talented, and I wanted to be that source of support that she always provided for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
This is in a small town in Jiangsu province, outside Shanghai, a place of dusty shops and rutted roads, of timber and clay — a place where every noise has a known source. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
My tears had risen, just as in childhood: I ordered them back to their source. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
“But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources of happiness necessarily attached to her situation, that she could, upon the whole, have no cause to repine.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z
And the ultimate source of these rights did not lie in any indigenously American origins, but rather in a transcendent realm of natural rights allegedly shared by all men everywhere. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Among the staff, the garden became a source of pride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
We filled our pockets with unripe oranges that were sour and unbearable to eat but the only source of food at our disposal, and we were on our way. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
"And Watney's only source of energy is his solar panels, correct? " The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
My limbs, especially my feet, were swollen and a con­stant source of pain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Jupiter will be a source of continuing provocation and excitement for the future human explorers of the Jovian moons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The spacecraft has its own self-contained radioactive power source. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
In these cases, one mixes pseudorandom numbers from several computers, then incorporates the physical indeterminacy of randomly fluctuating voltages from a “white noise” source. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kronos’s golden sarcophagus glowed faintly—the only source of light in the room. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
In desperate straits she can make us laugh, with her main talent being radio commercials oozed out in a fabulous fashion-model voice: “Medically tested Odo-ro-no, stops underarm odor and moisture at the source!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
He’d even lost his only source of physical exercise now that distances were too far to bike and the weather too bitter and snowy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Senior monitors started fanning down the aisles to locate the source of the trouble, but before the monitor was even with their row, Knapp's hands were folded in his lap; his lips, sealed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
He was also a devout member of the Moravian congregation, a Christian denomination that accepted the Bible as the sole source of faith and practice. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
And when the voice started up again, she searched through bolts of silk for its source. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
According to one source, he also pivoted north in time to repulse a Seleucid counterattack against Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
Perfume is a luxury, she must have some private source. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
You might even say they are the source of it, or at least, they are tied so tighdy to it that they couldn’t possibly fade, not unless all of Western civilization were obliterated. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Kids are coming from all directions, stampeding through the hall, to investigate the source of the disturbance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
The growing exposure of the population to radiation from various sources, plus the many contacts with a host of chemicals suggest a grave new problem for the modern world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
One of the men behind me gave me an angry glare, then turned as if to see if he could find the source of the yell behind him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
Ekon turned to find its source and felt the blood drain from his face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
She recognized every creek and cove and inlet, every neck of land, every hiding place, every curve in the roads, every potential source of danger, every potential source of safety. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
The only heat source was a brick stove that didn’t warm up anything more than three steps away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Because ammonium nitrate, the main ingredient in many explosives, happens to be an excellent source of nitrogen. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Look frantically for its source, bow loaded, seeking a target to hit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
“I always feel that the closer you get to the original sources, the better off you are,” he said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z
Marcos maintained that his niece’s gift could be a source of income and a good opportunity for him to cultivate his own clairvoyance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Shin was a scrawny, incurious, and for the most part friendless child whose one source of certainty was the guards’ lectures about redemption through snitching. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
It was early afternoon before we finally came to the source of the smoke, and what we found was not at all what we expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
To sing a note in one of these cavernous spaces is to hear its sound echo and reverberate, returning to its source modified by the building itself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
Its source was Merle Tuve, whom Lawrence had visited in Washington on his way home from Europe. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
It could supply them with a ready-to-eat vegetable, a storable grain, a source of fiber, an animal feed, and heating fuel. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
“Oh, I find whatever you do a source of perpetual fascination. But never mind me. What are you going to say to these people who are coming?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
“And you used to go all the time. I know we haven’t been hurting for supplies, but maybe if you met with your source...” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
The stile at the mouth of Kingfisher Meadows is the source of the bridle path. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
I was searching for software, brainpower, complex algorithms, knowledge workers, call centers, transmission protocols, breakthroughs in optical engineering—the sources of wealth in our day. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
“Really? And from what source did you hear this?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
In his view, “the ban on gruesome fairy tales, terrifying nursemaids and other standard sources of horror, has left most of the population” vulnerable to scary stories and situations. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
Biographers of great authors always try to track down the books their subjects read when they were young, because they know these sources hold the key to their development as writers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Some of them had fanned out to look for Taylor and the source of the beeping. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
The few domesticates that remained to Native Americans were not likely sources of crowd diseases, compared with cows and pigs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
But in the moment, it feels right to go back to the source, to ask someone who’s seen whatever is in his eyes when a boy touches him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
A faint light source appeared a few feet ahead, and as they got closer their surroundings began to come into focus a bit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I got my first schooling about the cesspool morals of the white man from the best possible source, from his own women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wanted no conversation, no witness, only to listen and perhaps to see the three of them, the source of that music that made him think of fields and wild turkey and calico. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
Her very presence was like a power source, to be plugged into for love, or security, or a good fried-chicken dinner. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even with the modern availability of synthetic fertilizers produced by chemical factories, the major source of crop fertilizer today in most societies is still animal manure—especially of cows, but also of yaks and sheep. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
To him I was nothing more than a white stranger, a potential source of harm against whom he must protect himself. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were clearly the source of the flames, but they didn’t seem to be automatons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Great beasts that people once rode, before the shamblers made them a ready food source. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
It is the source for this map, though the reader is cautioned against regarding it as either exact or universally accepted. genetically unsound but logically consistent. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
High and shrill, the barely human shriek echoed across the stone courtyard; every kid in sight turned to look toward the source. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I turned to find the source, but the slugger sprouted an appendage and slapped me in the neck. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
A candle or torch may be depicted as the source of light in a dark interior or night scene. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
I looked for the source of the blood but couldn’t find any injuries. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
They’d come up with everything together—their hero’s name, his costume, even his secret star, which was the source of his amazing powers. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
Besides, I felt, as did many other students, that with Bantu Education, the source of all the violence, still in place, there was no point in learning. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a strength derived from living with the possibility of disaster and it was a source of energy that could be used when it had to be. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s impossible to hear that sound and not go searching for the source. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
In some exceptional cases, when food sources were particularly rich, bands settled down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“It’s a corporate priority... to source from recycled materials vendors.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
To save their jobs, and probably their lives, Soviet spies needed a second source to corroborate Hall’s report. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Radium had passed its prime as an experimental source, for in its natural form, it did not produce particles with the energies necessary for probing heavy nuclei. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
“She’s not the one Mr. Kasigi’s going to strangle—” But my words were lost in the excited buzz as students flocked around to investigate the source of Naomi’s scream. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
Artemis picked up the contraption by the straps, searching for the source. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
The source was a magnificent waterfall that poured out of a stone arch and fell a hundred feet to the river below. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
He couldn’t make out the words at first and paused, searching for their source. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Now Ernest launched a crash program to convert it into a gigantic mass spectrograph containing several calutrons, each with multiple ion sources and collectors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
My pridefulness was a constant source of sorrow and agitation for Aunt Ivy. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
In quantum mechanics, a zero is responsible for a bizarre source of energy—infinite and ubiquitous, present even in the deepest vacuum—and a phantom force exerted by nothing at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
Under pointed advice from several sources, I limited myself to three fields of study in the upcoming term. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Nor could food production spring up spontaneously in deserts remote from sources of water for irrigation, such as central Australia and parts of the western United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“I have my sources, you know,” Muff said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
If Billy had had to guess as to the source, he would have said that there was a vampire bat hanging upside down on the wall behind him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
But once transformed, the bacteria maintained their new coats for several generations—long after any food source would have been exhausted. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z
My eyes adjust quickly to the dim light, and I see the source of the hum. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
The upshot is that your computations are necessarily based on a series of nested assumptions, any of which could be a source of contention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
My lack of experience was a source of shame and the root of all my insecurities. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
“Dust. He’s going to find the source of Dust and destroy it, isn’t he?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
The fire was the only source of light in the room; it cast long, spidery shadows upon the walls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
If you want to know about editorial “commaphilia” as a source of chronic antagonism, read The Years with Ross. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z
The Osage have found new sources of revenue, including from seven casinos that have been built on their territory. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
At some radio frequencies the Earth has become by far the brightest object, the most powerful radio source, in the solar system— brighter than Jupiter, brighter than the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some nearby examples, tens or hundreds of millions of light-years away, are powerful sources of X-rays, infrared radiation and radio waves, have extremely luminous cores and fluctuate in brightness on time scales of weeks. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It is a source of deep sorrow not to be able to see one’s children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In 1867, Andrew Johnson, the nation’s first post-Civil War president and a former slaveholder, advocated a new practice that quickly replaced slavery as a main source of agricultural labor in the South. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Moreover, the New Army, which Adams had opposed and then rendered superfluous, had strained the federal budget to a point that demanded new sources of revenue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Just why these inventions were a source of satisfaction to James Gatz of North Dakota, isn't easy to say. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
He would try to find a source, instead, among the most disreputable, dangerous group of Oklahomans: the outlaws of the Osage Hills. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
“I mean, it’s always good to have family, and since he’s in college, I’m sure he’s going to be a great source of advice.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
My stepfather, a potential source of information about her background, was not helpful. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew I had felt someone looking at me that day, but I didn’t bother searching for the source. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
The High Organ was the source of some controversy because of its ethnic composition: all four permanent members were from Xhosa backgrounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Because our main source of vehicular transportation was interred in Vine Station, Alabama, the Colonel and I were forced to walk to the Pelham Police Department to search for eyewitnesses. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
That Jupiter is a source of radio emission was discovered accidentally in the 1950’s, the early days of radio astronomy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
So the secret danger was a ballooning stomach, the source of my mother’s imbalance. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
I can't help, for a moment, comparing him with Gale, who would see that field as a potential source of food as well as a threat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
The stationary earth cannot be the source of that motive power, so the innermost sphere must be moved by the next sphere out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z
If Arp is right, the exotic mechanisms proposed to explain the energy source of distant quasars—supernova chain reactions, supermassive black holes and the like—would prove unnecessary. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It may not make you a better person in all spheres of life, but it will be a source of continuing kindness to your readers. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
So far we have been looking at evidence mainly through English sources. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Where wheat became particularly abundant, and game and other food sources were also plentiful, human bands could gradually give up their nomadic lifestyle and settle down in seasonal and even permanent camps. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Unlike his brother, this cub had never had kindness from a two-legs, and all he knew of them was that they were the all-powerful source of food, and fear. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
Still, it was the only important body of water within forty miles, a source of pride, nice to look at on bright summer days, and later that evening it would color up with fireworks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
It helps us form networks, understand sources of opportunity or threat, create alliances, fight enemies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Plain and simple, that was the source of our exodus: I had to keep moving. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The source of the trouble was all too apparent. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z
“No one can be there for me. When I get to Rome, I’ll have to strike out oh my own. Otherwise, the Mark won’t appear. I’ll have to follow it to...to the source.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Dressed in mismatched, gaudy clothes and chimney-pot hats, they molded their voices to exaggerate colored speech; this seemed to be the source of the humor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
We have to build horns on our roofs so that the nagging once-people can slide up them and perhaps ascend to the stars, the source of pardon and love. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was indeed such a source, one that Newcomen is much more likely to have come across than the Philosophical Transactions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He was seeking the exact source of the radiations. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the view of Ramenofsky and Patricia Galloway, an anthropologist at the University of Texas, the source of contagion was very likely not De Soto’s army but its ambulatory meat locker: his three hundred pigs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
What he lacked of course was a suitable power source: he tried to imagine an aeroplane powered by a steam engine, but the difficulties were obvious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Ice-cold air hit them like an oncoming wind: Yaxley, confused, looked around for the source of the trouble and saw Harry’s disembodied hand and wand pointing at him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
So mushrooms are not a good source of energy for us. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Judge Carlson asked, trying to find the source of the bid. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
“Whenever there is a disaster, it becomes a source of hard currency” for the government. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
Alternatively, it could mean that the sources were more numerous in the past, at the time that the radio waves left on their journey to us, than they are now. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
But Copernicus looks nothing like the image of Copernicus that appears in other sources, where he is always portrayed as young and clean-shaven. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
I watched her carefully whenever I could, not just from curiosity, but because I now saw her as the most likely source of important clues. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
As instructed, I turned a rover charging cable into a drill power source. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
With less than four liters between us and the day already warm, the long haul between water sources promised to be at the very least uncomfortable. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
In the chaos in the streets outside Ford’s Theatre, one or more sources reported that John Wilkes Booth and John Surratt were close friends, and that Mrs. Surratt’s boardinghouse was just a few blocks away. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s possible she has already got up and made it, but I don’t think she stayed here last night, which is a source of some relief. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had sources of contentment in her life—the house, the park, above all, the children—and she intended to preserve them by not challenging Jack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The same way, in a small-town church in Oklahoma with a kinda dopey pastor, my mom could look past the thing he was saying, to the source of it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
He didn’t get to work in too many places; it wouldn’t be very long before we ran out of sources. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
We would discover, in ourselves, the sources of wonderment and delight that we have discerned in all other manifestations of nature. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You don’t have a power source,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
With all other sources of workers exhausted, Swift and his fellow packers turned their gaze to the blacks of the South. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Unless a new source of coin could be found, or the Iron Bank persuaded to relent, he would have no choice but to pay the crown’s debts with Lannister gold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
Reports from his sources indicated that the riot was going to grow, and the Chicago police force was too small to handle it alone. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Instead, the Spanish wanted native peoples to use as a source of forced labor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Until waterwheels and windmills began to replace Eurasia’s mammals in medieval times, they were also the major source of its “industrial” power beyond human muscle power—for example, for turning grindstones and operating water lifts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
The Eskimos lifted their arms and turned their palms to the source of all life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the source emits the next wave crest it will be nearer to us, so the distance between wave crests will be smaller than when the star was stationary. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Piecing together events from these sources is like trying to understand the U.S. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
He found two small sources, two lumps an inch apart and hidden in the lining. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
In winter, the only source of heat in the whole house was the brazier in his mother’s bedroom, where the three of them huddled together to save on candles and coal. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Here was the source of the mistaken strategy—the reason why activists could so easily ignore class and could consider race alone a sufficient measure of social oppression. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Schools, however, provide formal music education, which is just one of the sources of a child’s musical heritage. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
I wonder about the other tributes, how they're managing now that their main source of food has been blown up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
There are no energy sources for comets or planets to be ejected by Jupiter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s commonly used as a name for Russian news sources even today. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
And the new, new thing, I was also learning, is the degree to which it is now possible for companies and individuals to source work anywhere. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Crossing the turnpike from the Texaco—a feat that, performed on foot, demands both speed and nerve—brings you to more substantial sources of sustenance, including a Pizza Hut and a Shop-n-Save. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
In which Washington proves to be a master of deception, and help comes from a surprising source. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
They huddle around the Sun, the source of light and heat, like campers around a fire. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
When she finishes, Mr. Griffiths asks about her sources and makes a few suggestions of other places she can check out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
The annual trip became an enormous source of anxiety. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
But our brokenness is also the source of our common humanity, the basis for our shared search for comfort, meaning, and healing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Sosie stretched out her arm as if wielding some invisible energy source. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
When they located the source of a Navajo code message, they’d try to take it out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Matter falling into such a supermassive black hole would provide the only source of power great enough to explain the enormous amounts of energy that these objects are emitting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
He said we didn’t have the proper facilities, but in those days hospitals were a major source of infection, and more people died in them than were saved. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The exposition work was still far behind schedule and a major source of worry, but Olmsted’s health and the pressure of other work had forced him from Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Suddenly he saw the infuriated animal scrabbling away at the earth, and heard it growling softly as a continuous hail of earth coming from an unseen source covered it. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
The only thing that can move medicine away from this level of technology is new information, and the only imaginable source of this information is research. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You are the greatest source of joy in her life. But she cannot help it. She has left behind a part of herself in India.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
The company was in fact a screen that shielded the real source of the money: the king of France. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But according to Party sources Trivandrum Response was much more better.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Marigold and Zane’s eyes followed the whole length of it, up, up, up, until they found the source—one hundred feet above them in the sky. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
So when, in 1651, Pascal drafted an introduction to his unfinished treatise on the vacuum he started by distinguishing two sources of knowledge: reason and authority. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Distant sources of food are somehow sensed, and long lines, like tentacles, reach out over the ground, up over walls, behind boulders, to fetch it in. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’ve moved up to another plateau, and now the streams of the various disciplines seem to be closer to each other as if they flow from a single source. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Its sulfurous stench is legendary, and it’s the only source of water in this wasteland. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Impressively, they learned it from the best possible source, the ancient Maya themselves. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
Across the street from the school stretched acres of cotton fields, the raw material for Monroe’s mill and the source of income for many county residents. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
As my eyes slowly adjusted to the dark, I realized there was another source of light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
The source of the sounds he’d been hearing made sense now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
"My tattler tells all. Reputable sources only. Firsthand accounts." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Her next wail rings out, clear as a bell, and there’s no mistaking the source. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
The scarcity of fresh water was the single most constant source of anxiety and suffering throughout our journey. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
It was a pathetic source of comfort, that he could not know what she had seen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Question-and-answer periods are another area where, by now, again blindfolded, I can often tell you the ethnic source of a question. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
They are the replicated parts of the first source of living, and they are wonderfully homologous. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The buzz of the plane seemed to fill the whole sky and came from no one source. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
What Ekman is saying is that the face is an enormously rich source of information about emotion. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
For the Arabs, and for astronomers relying on Arabic sources, Arim represented the degree zero of longitude and latitude. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
Then you drew energy from your source to make it happen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
There is neither source nor end, for all things are in the Center of Time. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
Nevertheless, highly placed sources within the Ministry have confirmed that the disturbance centered on the fabled Hall of Prophecy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Ministry wizards were dashing from every direction toward the source of the trouble. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
His eyes shot to a large tent entirely engulfed in flames, likely the original source of the fire. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
The garden was a kind of sanctuary for him, a place where he, not Thula, was in charge, and it was a source of enormous pride. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Writing traffic tickets to refugees became one of Clarkston’s more reliable sources of revenue. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
The large hall lay quiet and dimly illuminated by hidden light sources in the transparent walls. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
By the time the smoke cleared his rule extended deep into what is now Afghanistan; one source even asserts—dubiously—that his sway ran straight to the gates of India. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
The idea of wormholes between different regions of space-time was not an invention of science fiction writers but came from a very respectable source. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Traditionally, English workers had brewed their own beer, which they drank along with bread, their other major source of food. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z
They came looking for the source of the music, and the music was coming from me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
The light blue Caribbean sky was alive with angels of all colors and sizes; they fluttered merrily toward some unseen source of brilliant light. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
It's illicit to tune in to the BBC, which, along with underground newspapers, is our only source of real news now that the Dutch papers have been taken over. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Bacchus told him to go wash in the source of the river Pactolus and he would lose the fatal gift. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
She sheathed Katoptris, wondering how Helen of Troy had stayed sane during the Trojan War, if this blade had been her only source of news. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Another source of income for mathematicians in Galileo’s day was teaching the geometrical principles of perspective representation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
You know people have been laughing behind your back for a while when you can identify each giggle’s source. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
It was a class in which everyone got a ninety on every test, and an eighty was a source of derision. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
I was a source of amusement for the gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
His experience there seemed to be the source of his melancholy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I’m interested in something quite different. I don’t think the Oblation Board goes far enough. I want to go to the source of Dust itself.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
So Hagar’s forays were part and parcel of the mystery of having been “lifed” by love, and while the manifestation it took was a source of great interest to them, the consequences were not. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
She had a lucrative side business as a Tailor, seeing to the wrinkles and jowls of the wealthy Kerch, but her chief source of income came from altering moods. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
The nets were designed to leach condensation out of the cool night air, and were an important supplementary source of water in the Elmuthaleth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
There are no early sources for his story except a few brief allusions in Hesiod, in the eighth or ninth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z
The pollution entering our waterways comes from many sources: radioactive wastes from reactors, laboratories, and hospitals; fallout from nuclear explosions; domestic wastes from cities and towns; chemical wastes from factories. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
He must have obtained this knowledge from some source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
We should walk, camp and hunt, and when the seasons change, walk on to new food sources. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Most had recently adopted agriculture or were soon to do so, but it was still a secondary source of food, a supplement to the wild products of the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
By January, the calutron had been modified so that each one could be operated with pairs of sources and collectors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Some of our most powerful sources are radar transmitters; a few are used for radar astronomy, to probe with radio fingers the surfaces of the nearby planets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Time was probably the source of the joke I was laboring to recount. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
She couldn’t know that it was born of tales told years ago by a monk slipping into senility, or that it had been fed ever since by every source Lazlo could get his hands on. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
And he got what he wanted, from an unexpected source: Sir James Jay, a British doctor who lived in London and dabbled in chemistry. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thus he holds to his chest a skein of words, as though it were the source of his family ties. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But, yes, that seems to be the case. Ella has a perfect memory. She loves books. Somewhere, somehow, she read your Roman book of prophecies. Now she’s the only source for them.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
As to whether I'll be viewed as a source of food, it's too soon to tell. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Then images appeared in my mind, weak and distorted, as if the transmission were being disrupted at the source. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
As well-off citizens closed their businesses and fled the city, they left behind thousands of individuals without any source of income. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
With primordial black holes being so scarce, it might seem unlikely that there would be one near enough for us to observe as an individual source of gamma rays. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I tried to fight his magic I concentrated on the sea around me—the source of my power. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
The nation’s entire nuclear arsenal was dependent on only two sources: a single rapidly depleting mine in the Belgian Congo and another in Canada, near the Arctic Circle. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Every one of them was attractive, thoughtfully sited, and had a good water source, picnic table, and privy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
The light from the single source threw the baroque detailing of Montana’s body into sharp relief. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
The team couldn’t discover ^ the exact source of the virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
But upon close inspection, the information invariably traced back to the same dubious sources: private eyes and local lawmen, whose opinions were based on little more than hearsay. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
It was a source of satisfaction to him that nobody was out anything. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looked round the room; it was lit by dim lights glowing from a hidden source. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The volcanoes are the probable source of the great doughnutshaped ring of atoms that surrounds Jupiter in the position of Io’s orbit. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
What the children learned from the notes was this: The Institute on Nomansan Island generated all its own electricity using the power of the tides—an endless source of energy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Anything out of the ordinary is a possible source of danger,” replied Chervil, quoting Woundwort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
At least one source records that Demetrius was an intimate of the king, and had influence over policy, possibly including the seizure and copying of all incoming manuscripts for the “ships’ collection.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
To their surprise, they found an intense and previously unreported source that seemed to correspond to no prominent star, nebula or galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The “people” had replaced the “public” as the sovereign source of political wisdom. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
It started by saying that “anything that creeps, crawls, swims, or flies is a possible source of food.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
And then the floor before him sloped downward, and he could see the source of the light: It was Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
He must be hidden somewhere near a source. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
“Uh...I’m the son of Poseidon. Maybe I can summon a new water source.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
India and the magical Spice Islands of the East were famed at the time for their gold, pearls, gems, and silk—a source of untold riches. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z
Regular marshmallows may have gelatin from pork sources. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
This, Jack had once told me, was the source of my troubles with Emile Luzan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
The source of that confidence was a sustained programme of advertising the new science through public lectures and books conducted by the disciples of Newton, above all by Desaguliers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The source of this confusion is simple: from its first appearances, the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’ was being used in two quite different ways. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The source of these notes wasn’t discovered either. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was the source of trouble and corruption, and should be avoided at all costs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I flinched and looked around for the source of the noise. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
And he would also have had access to the planet’s source code, if he’d wanted to hide something here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
It was a principal source of information, especially if the nation was ever attacked by an enemy. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
“He’d been drinking recently when I shot him out of a tree, but I couldn’t find his source. I swear; I covered every inch of ground in a thirty-yard radius.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Granted, a motor that looked the right size to run a home aquarium, but a power source nonetheless. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
They observed how timbre is recognized at the mammalian primary auditory cortex to predict human sound source recognition. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
These stories generally relied on news sources associated with the drug treatment industry, such as rehabilitation clinics, and emphasized the possibility of recovery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
It was dark inside because the only source of light was the door, and it took his eyes several seconds to adjust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
At Princeton, researchers used imaging techniques in monkeys and humans to validate and further the understanding of what happens when the brain is asked to consider two different sources of information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Everything inflamed me, and that was bad enough, but I myself had also become a source of fire and temptation. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z
If the source is in motion from right to left, it emits spherical waves progressively centered on points 1 through 6, as shown. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
"I know," I said, running my thumb along the edge of the table, "your private source tells you differently. History's made at night, eh, Brother?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Was not then the source within his own heart? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
The humming of my parents’ voices from behind my bedroom wall, which throughout my childhood had filled me with a sense of security, had now become a source of anxiety and panic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The main purpose of the five tests, one gathered, was to isolate and study, if possible, the source of Zooey’s precocious wit and fancy. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z
The source of much of this confusion derives from two apparently problematic features of the historian’s enterprise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
He that would triumph over the petty trickery of fate must indite history at its source. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z
My running became smooth and unselfconscious, a source of euphoria. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
It’s always been a source of irritation to my dad. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
“There are some interesting ideas here, but they’re unsubstantiated. You need to gather some sources, use quotes, and add a ‘Works Cited’ page. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
The actual source of the yellow fever virus—tree-dwelling monkeys in African and American rain forests—was not identified until 1929. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z
People were standing over them cooking hot dogs on sticks and what looked like skinned possum or some other source of protein not usually found in butcher shops. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Something the size of an asteroid is a brilliant, blinking source of X-rays, visible over interstellar distances. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Penelope wheeled to the source of the sound and stared into the darkness until her eyes adjusted. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
Her only source was the church, and if that community' lacked what she needed, she had no other options. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Few of the ancient sources are very specific about these matters, as we would expect when speaking of one of the most visible and famous institutions of their times. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z
Minutes passed like hours before he finally recognized himself as the source of the turbulent roar that was overwhelming him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
In 1936 the federal government had spent $33 million on research and development, accounting for 15 percent of the $218 million advanced by all sources, including industry, academia, and philanthropic foundations. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Back in Sam’s room the doctor had sniffed once at the air and looked around for the source of the smell. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Lawrence reasoned, however, that although domestic sources of uranium ore were practically nonexistent, uranium was plentiful in another form: tons of uranium tailings piled up as waste at Oak Ridge and Hanford. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
“We tracked the source of the immunity,” said Scythe Mandela. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
Gaia had been separated from her source of power, charmed to sleep and then atomized in the combined explosion of Leo’s fire and Octavian’s man-made comet. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
They tormented the old creatures, seeking the source of their power. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Some sources even list the power range of an instrument or voice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z
With no ready source of sorrow nearby, she had nothing to restore her. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z
“Please, Powell, I certainly don’t consider them a valid source of information. They, too, were created by the Master—and were meant for you, not for me.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
He craned his neck as he scanned the place top to bottom, trying to find the source of the beeps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
The state also has what are reputed to be the meanest rattlesnakes anywhere along the trail, and the most unreliable water sources, particularly in high summer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
The steel ran south and north presumably, springing from some inconceivable source and shooting toward a miraculous terminus. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Even so, the Easter Islanders managed to erect 30-ton stone statues—no mean feat for an island with only 7,000 people, who had no power source other than their own muscles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
They were the source from which most of the Black Muslims’ attackers came. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
That means the source of those calories is not a potato farm but a field of corn or soybeans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
The sluggers turned as a unit to look toward the source of the noise, but Jesse hadn’t noticed and was still talking about memory, this time in rhyming couplets. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
A stationary source of sound or light emits a set of spherical waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lawrence would provide the instrumentation and nurture the new sources of money and patronage needed to make it ever more powerful; Oppenheimer would provide the intellectual bedrock on which Lawrences machinery would stand. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The exact number varies from two to twenty, depending on the news source. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
It was weak, but it was blue-white—and the gleaming pea that was the distant source of light was not Old Sol. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
There was nothing I enjoyed more than being a source of amusement to my brothers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
War was declared officially on December 4, and twelve days later, the Pakistani army, weakened by having to fight three thousand miles from its source of supplies, surrendered in Dacca. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
And to be nonwhite in this society was indeed to need education, accomplishment — some source of dignity. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slashdot is a center for the open source and free software movements. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The analysts would call his family the source problem or say he drinks and smokes to assert his independence. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
Most of us, under pressure, get too aroused, and past a certain point, our bodies begin shutting down so many sources of information that we start to become useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
Perhaps no organization on earth, save the Communist party, possessed so detailed a knowledge of how workers lived, for its sources of information stemmed directly from the workers themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fence was a source of some pride and satisfaction to her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
He gazed down the hall, looking for the source of the voice. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Both were sources of small amounts of food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
In either case, it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You’re not so different from me, demigod. Even when I’m out of the water, the water is within me. It is my life source.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
The old Nova’s air conditioner had never worked, so our only source of comfort came from the open windows. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
According to contemporary sources, the severed head is a self-portrait, but although we may doubt the identification, this disturbing image communicates a tragic vision that was soon fulfilled. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z
By the time I hear about it, the outcome of said events is already the source of furious wagering in the back end. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
So they put it on the altar, too, and called it the Crocodile Stone, and from then on it became the mysterious and powerful source of much of Set’s power. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turn, looking for the source of the sound, but don’t see anything. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
A spotlight shines from the ceiling, its source unknown, and standing in the center of its circle of light are my mother, my father, and my brother. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
The guards whirled, rifles pointed at the walkway that led to the courtyard, seeking the source of the sound. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“Well,” Mr. Bonner goes on, “if the person feels as though they have enough information—names, dates, access to primary sources like newspapers and photographs—they can seek out some truth that way.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
As far as he was concerned, there were only two sources of knowledge: reason on the one hand, and on the other sense experience, memory and testimony, all of which established matters of fact. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
That whole week Baby Kochamma eavesdropped relentlessly on the twins’ private conversations, and whenever she caught them speaking in Malayalam, she levied a small fine which was deducted at source. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
As far as she’s aware, she herself is my only source, for this kind of information; of which she has a surprising amount. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Using sophisticated encryption software, she began corresponding with the secret source. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
But the waste from CAFOs is a huge source of very toxic pollution. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
The light was harsh—as clear as daylight but with none of its warmth—and she couldn’t locate its source. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
From these modern sources there often emerges an understanding, among professionals and among the scientifically literate public, of something we might call the ‘consensus in the field’ on many issues. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
The basement was our home for the next week and, by the third night, I discovered the source of the scratching sounds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Plays that get into the bloodstream of high school theater are lucrative sources of revenue for their creators and heirs—annuities that throw off income for generations without end. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
But Enormoz could go nowhere until the KGB got a reliable source inside the American bomb project. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
More than a hundred years after oil was discovered in Osage territory, a new revolutionary source of energy was transforming the region. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
The source of the magnetism really did resemble a bat. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Both knew there wouldn’t be much help available, from any source, once Jesse got to far-off Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turned around and around in a foggy, dreamlike state, looking for the source of that scream, but only darkness surrounded me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
I did not know whether to believe this intelligence, considering its source. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
One of my teammates gets frantic about a painfully impacted wisdom tooth and keeps making calls from our houses to try to locate a source of free dental care. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gloria’s mother, however, was a source of uneasiness to Robbie and there was always the impulse to sneak away from her sight. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
It was way too broad, of course, and pulled up a million sources, all of which Grace immediately knew were not her Melissa Taylor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
It violated the central premise of the revolutionary legacy—namely, that the people at large were the sovereign source of all political authority. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
More sources of funding plainly would be needed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Pulcinella is sparklingly inventive with its source material but it is nevertheless the musical equivalent of placing the Art Deco spire of Manhattan's Chrysler Building on top of Christopher Wren's Greenwich Hospital. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
First and most directly, domestic animals became the societies’ major source of animal protein, replacing wild game. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Have you considered what a source of uncontained mirth you would be to every person you met between here and Katahdin?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
He shot a nasty look sideways at Harry, whose untidy hair had always been a source of great annoyance to Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
That supplies him with still other metaphors that can replace metadiscourse, such as moving together or cooperating on a project: The previous section analyzed the source of word sounds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z
Buttercup turned back to the source of the sound and stared down as, in first light, the man in black struggled to remove his mask. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Forbid a man something and he craves it like his soul’s salvation, all the more so when that something is the source of incomparable riches. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
It is not books as physical objects that are required to underwrite the fact; it is sources that don’t alter and change from one day to the next, of which books remain the clearest manifestation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
They were searching for the source of the blood, for the food so close at hand. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Once I heard the pattern, I couldn’t stop hearing it, and I spent the rest of the summer looking and listening for patterns in other random sources—the wind, clothes tumbling in the dryer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
They followed the moonlit ribbon of stream back toward its source. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
A hoax can be convincing if its source appears legitimate. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
If the seams in the Adams-Jefferson collaboration were the source of its magic, the Jefferson-Madison alliance was seamless, and therefore less magical than smoothly and silently effective. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z
Meanwhile, Minnie Savage’s sister became a rich source of information for investigators. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
He referred to the person from whom he’d gotten the secret study only as “my source.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
But a tiny number— about one in eight thousand—bounced back at a sharp angle, some even ricocheting directly back at the source. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
The fact that the source of this expression predates Newton and was picked up by him for his own purposes only reinforces Faulkner’s compelling argument. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z
I didn’t have to be best friends with all of the members in the group, but I wanted the MSA to be a source of light for me on campus. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
A sound flitted through the garden, and some of the guards glanced toward the source. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
The source of his brittle elation was the relative smallness of his misfortune. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
And she had the land in Texas, the source of her oil-lease royalties. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Persistence was Wolf's strength; patience, the source of his power. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
The only ready source of water was at the bottom of the cliff, and there was no way down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
But now...if they could discuss such a huge problem so calmly—the ultimate source of Greek/Roman hatred—maybe there was hope for the two camps, after all. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
“I think hospitals can sometimes miss the point. I’d rather get it from the source.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Here we have no useful source of information other than the Little Commentary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
That most important source for the history of the War of the Ring was so called because it was long preserved at Undertowers, the home of the Fairbairns, Wardens of the Westmarch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
And they went on, until it seemed to Vetch that what Ged had spoken would come true, and they were going beyond the sources of the sea and eastward behind the gates of daylight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z
Even if that thing was the source and originator of that house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bushels of corn, bundles of raw wool, and a pile of three-foot crates that proved to be the source of the squawking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Why have we failed to domesticate such a prized food source as acorns? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Ponya seeds are anti-inflammatory, disinfecting, and, incidentally, an excellent source of protein. Here.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Norris gave a loud meow, still peering around Filch’s legs, looking for the source of Harry’s bubble-bath smell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I circled completely around our new house, but I couldn’t see the source of the fire. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
His rules proved a real source of aggravation for me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I found David’s psalm to be a great source of strength. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Separate, I could feel the source of the wind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Acquaintances, in short, represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
His parents had wanted him to become a priest, and thereby a source of pride for a simple farm family. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
It grabbed Nathan’s ear and held on to it for support as it raised the light source as high as it could. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
“It’s the source of a deadly miasma, a foul stench, indeed. There are noxious fumes all around the district. Mark my words, it will be a killer yet.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Their only source of water for much of the year was Feral’s clouds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
I can hear a generator inside—which means the house has its own electricity source. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
As I reviewed various records at the National Archives as well as information from other sources, I began to piece together a clearer portrait of Burt. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Root dropped to one knee, leveling the handgun at the voice’s source. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z
Squirrels proved to be a virtually irresistible source of provocation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
Historical accounts of the trip suggest that Caesar hoped to trace the Nile to its source. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
“During the controversy, a single name has been mentioned most prominently as the possible source of the Times's documents,” Cronkite told the nation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Some 25 million Americans look to fishing as a major source of recreation and another 15 million are at least casual anglers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
As I was preparing for my meeting with the judges, I was informed by a reliable source that a prisoner in the general section had recently been severely beaten by a guard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Somehow, he had to find new sources of labor. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Ironically, this fearlessness scared his father, and it was a constant source of worry for him, especially when they were hunting lions, elephants, and rhinoceroses in Africa together. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z
Early in the twentieth century the fair became a source of heated debate among architects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
"Just clear out, put as much distance as you can between yourselves and the others, and find a source of water." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
He followed it to its source at the edge of the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
They’d just crested the hill when the source of the horrific smell came clearly into view. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Normally, whoever doesn’t pick the game gets to choose the source. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
The Kuiper belt is the source of what are known as short-period comets–those that come past pretty regularly–of which the most famous is Halley’s comet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z
“You call this an article? You’ve turned his death into a source of entertainment, into a sideshow!” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
I turn my head, searching for the source of the sound. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
But he did own it, and as a matter of fact drew most of his dividends from that source, so they were able to get three beds between the five of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Thousands of years ago Indigenous scientists turned a wild grain into a food source that sustained their bodies and their spiritual lives. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
“I fear nothing at all from this source,” he wrote on April 6 in a letter to Margaret. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
That was a source of comfort to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was rare that I ever felt compelled to seek out the source of a stare, but this one felt different. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
The horse was not the source of the answer but merely a reflection of the trainer’s knowledge of the answer. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Voskuijl was our greatest source of help and support when it came to safety measures. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
She imagined they all knew that she’d been born a harami, a source of shame to her father and his family. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
As historical sources, colonial reports leave much to be desired. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
So they decided at last that the source of their changelessness was the spring. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
There would be ninety-six tanks to each oval, each holding two calutrons back to back, designed to beam uranium ions in 180-degree arcs four feet in radius from source to collector. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
About the data used in the chart on pages 190-91: The calculations come from four sources. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
I can only see their relationship from her eyes, and I’m not sure she’s the most accurate source of information about it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
And what was the source of El Patron’s fetal implants? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
This photograph shows members of many tribes who gathered at Standing Rock in North Dakota in an effort to stop a pipeline that threatened an essential water source. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z
We now had very little money to spend on food, so we had to find other food sources. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The problem was that the usual sources of her knowledge were natural ones. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
When, on November 24, 2014, it was announced that the St. Louis County Grand Jury had decided not to indict Wilson for the fatal shooting, Ferguson became the source of mass protests. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
Nevertheless, Annabeth had spent every spare moment scouring all sources for any rumors of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
So I continued searching for testimony from some other source. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The reporter’s source was undoubtedly an FBI file on Robert Oppenheimer, which disclosed Frank’s Communist affiliation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
Thereafter, to learn the Zhaganashimowin letters and sounds became a source of amusement, for the evenings were still long. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
In Mexico, for thousands of years corn was honored as a source of life. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z
Cities receiving their drinking water from rivers had a higher death rate from cancer than did those whose water came from sources presumably less susceptible to pollution such as wells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z
Any need to explain the sources of that fear vanished with the fear; what I was left with was, at last, acceptance of him as he was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
They did not foresee that by increasing their dependence on a single source of food, they were actually exposing themselves even more to the depredations of drought. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We will most likely be eliminating that as a food source for good. But you found other edible things in the jungle, right, Katniss?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Steam did not overtake water and wind as a source of power until after 1830; in Swift’s Laputa, as in eighteenth-century England, steam power did not replace water power but supplemented it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z
They could even afford Coca-Cola instead of their customary generic pop, and brand-name Kraft macaroni and cheese; this was a source of distinct pride. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
And somehow it had come, from this source or that; some openly, some smuggled in by the visitors he insisted he was entitled to have. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z
I can see her in my mind’s eye—Nurse May- inga, the source of the virus in the United States Army’s freezers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fear of raids by Indian tribes led plantation owners to grasp for an alternative source of free labor. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
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