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We were even able to collect eDNA from animals that were hundreds of metres away from where we were testing without a significant drop in the concentration, and even from outside sealed buildings. The animals were inside, but their DNA was escaping. – Elizabeth Clare	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I saw results. My recorded top speed on my GPS unit at training, increased by 0.5 metres per second, which is huge when it comes to sprinting, that marginal gain alone had me convinced and feeling good about what more was to come. I was consistently having days feeling at my best and as confident as ever. Was this because of my new food choices, or was it coincidence? I didn't know, but I was happy with how I felt and was willing to continue. – The Salford-born player	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
One year ago, when we were sick, no matter it was cold, flu or fever, we still went out with friends and ate hotpot together with no problem at all, but now if you have a mild sore throat, when you cough a bit, people next to you will jump ten metres away from you. – Vince Lu	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I feel a little bit sad because if I ran the 400 metres I could have won a medal, but for the 200 there are a lot of athletes that are better developed. – Aminatou Seyni	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It doesn't matter how many times you perform a dive. You still get up there 22 metres (72 feet) high and you still have all these negative emotions, to overcome that fear is something that I cannot express. – Rhiannan Iffland	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We have to dig wells 100 metres deep now if we want to have drinking water, the problem is that after mining, it is cheaper for the company to just dump the water into the river Warta from where it goes into the Baltic Sea instead of cleaning it up and pouring it [back] into our lakes. – Ewaryst Matczak	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The lignite mines are definitely to blame. The lake dropped by five metres since they started to massively drain the soil to dig for coal at the Jó?win mine. – Grzegorz Skowro?ski	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We came right to international departures and saw the man randomly shooting. He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him, we ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting. – Paul Roos	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Stegosaurus was actually an animal that could get up to 9 metres in length and weigh several tonnes, this is the average size tooth for a Stegosaurus; pretty tiny with a business end, the crown, that's really only a few millimetres across. So using these very tiny feeble teeth to fuel that big body has always been a bit of a mystery. – Paul Barrett	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of metres, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield. – Douglas Barrie	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They have never been suppliers to the auto industry. But advanced graphics processors is exactly what we need to calculate what the road is looking like 200 metres ahead. – Volvo Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Villagers found the wreckage, measuring about 2 metres wide and 3 metres long (6.6 by 9.8 feet). – Tanyapat Patthikongpan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
At one point the running mud was only ten metres away from me. – Villager Peng Jinxin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In general we focus on the total amount laid out in the strategy (of energy sector development): around 525 million tonnes (10.5 billion cubic metres per day). – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All the recommendations from the ICAO( International Civil Aviation Organization) were carried out... Ukraine closed its airspace below 9,750 metres( 32,000 feet). – Hennadiy Zubko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We analysed the water around, and we have a river like 50 metres far from here, and we saw that it is not healthy, that water. Then we took water from the government supply, but we also saw that it was not going to be healthy and we want the best things for our kids, so we decided to buy the filter. – Blue Sky primary school headteacher	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I saw Eduardo in the rear mirror and I stopped, instead of walking towards me he climbed in the AG2r car. They did 100 metres so that's the rules, he's out of the race. – Bretagne Seche	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Two victories, it's great, the whole team worked well for this sprint. It was the first bunch sprint, it's interesting... with 300 metres I thought I was boxed in but I saw an opening and went for it. – France German Andre Greipel	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

We were even able to collect eDNA from animals that were hundreds of metres away from where we were testing without a significant drop in the concentration, and even from outside sealed buildings. The animals were inside, but their DNA was escaping.

– Elizabeth Clare

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I saw results. My recorded top speed on my GPS unit at training, increased by 0.5 metres per second, which is huge when it comes to sprinting, that marginal gain alone had me convinced and feeling good about what more was to come. I was consistently having days feeling at my best and as confident as ever. Was this because of my new food choices, or was it coincidence? I didn't know, but I was happy with how I felt and was willing to continue.

– The Salford-born player

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

One year ago, when we were sick, no matter it was cold, flu or fever, we still went out with friends and ate hotpot together with no problem at all, but now if you have a mild sore throat, when you cough a bit, people next to you will jump ten metres away from you.

– Vince Lu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I feel a little bit sad because if I ran the 400 metres I could have won a medal, but for the 200 there are a lot of athletes that are better developed.

– Aminatou Seyni

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It doesn't matter how many times you perform a dive. You still get up there 22 metres (72 feet) high and you still have all these negative emotions, to overcome that fear is something that I cannot express.

– Rhiannan Iffland

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have to dig wells 100 metres deep now if we want to have drinking water, the problem is that after mining, it is cheaper for the company to just dump the water into the river Warta from where it goes into the Baltic Sea instead of cleaning it up and pouring it [back] into our lakes.

– Ewaryst Matczak

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The lignite mines are definitely to blame. The lake dropped by five metres since they started to massively drain the soil to dig for coal at the Jó?win mine.

– Grzegorz Skowro?ski

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We came right to international departures and saw the man randomly shooting. He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him, we ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting.

– Paul Roos

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Stegosaurus was actually an animal that could get up to 9 metres in length and weigh several tonnes, this is the average size tooth for a Stegosaurus; pretty tiny with a business end, the crown, that's really only a few millimetres across. So using these very tiny feeble teeth to fuel that big body has always been a bit of a mystery.

– Paul Barrett

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They are looking for greater distance and accuracy, they can still miss by hundreds of metres, but that doesn't rule out firing against a city or a very large airfield.

– Douglas Barrie

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They have never been suppliers to the auto industry. But advanced graphics processors is exactly what we need to calculate what the road is looking like 200 metres ahead.

– Volvo Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Villagers found the wreckage, measuring about 2 metres wide and 3 metres long (6.6 by 9.8 feet).

– Tanyapat Patthikongpan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

At one point the running mud was only ten metres away from me.

– Villager Peng Jinxin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In general we focus on the total amount laid out in the strategy (of energy sector development): around 525 million tonnes (10.5 billion cubic metres per day).

– Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All the recommendations from the ICAO( International Civil Aviation Organization) were carried out... Ukraine closed its airspace below 9,750 metres( 32,000 feet).

– Hennadiy Zubko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We analysed the water around, and we have a river like 50 metres far from here, and we saw that it is not healthy, that water. Then we took water from the government supply, but we also saw that it was not going to be healthy and we want the best things for our kids, so we decided to buy the filter.

– Blue Sky primary school headteacher

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I saw Eduardo in the rear mirror and I stopped, instead of walking towards me he climbed in the AG2r car. They did 100 metres so that's the rules, he's out of the race.

– Bretagne Seche

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Two victories, it's great, the whole team worked well for this sprint. It was the first bunch sprint, it's interesting... with 300 metres I thought I was boxed in but I saw an opening and went for it.

– France German Andre Greipel

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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