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She wants to buy those little hot wheels car toys that Hammoudeh (her brother Mohammed’s nickname) loved to put them on her shelf to look at them and remember him, i keep trying to make her laugh, but it’s not like before. – Samer Sharif	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s terrifying to think that you aren’t going to be able to nourish your infant, if you see a single hole on a formula shelf when you go, you remember that. – Lauren Bauer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
From the satellite data, we're seeing these big fractures spreading across the ice shelf surface, essentially weakening the fabric of the ice ; kind of a bit like a windscreen crack, it's slowly spreading across the ice shelf and eventually it's going to fracture into lots of different pieces. – Peter Davis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They did something to it to make it shelf stable, the important part there is looking at food labels. – Jessica Bihuniak	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's a secular theme for us, developments in automation and the internet of things give these companies a long shelf life. – Sameer Samana	Found on CNN 1 year ago
First, let me be clear : we should not have to choose between supply and safety, especially when it comes to a product we feed our babies. This product should face the most rigorous standards of safety, to ensure that it is safe to feed our children, the shortage persists because we are overly reliant on one manufacturer to get infant formula back on the shelf. – Rosa DeLauro	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Due to lack of industry interest in leasing in the area, Interior Department will not move forward with the proposed Cook Inlet [ Outer Continental Shelf ] oil and gas lease sale 258. – Interior Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think it's too soon to say it will, however, it's likely that the atmosphere will play an increasing role in ice shelf breakup by weakening them through surface melting. – Julienne Stroeve	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I don't think there has been a shelf collapse like this in East Antarctica since we've been able to receive satellite data, conger is a very small ice shelf which has been decreasing in size for many years and this was just the final step which caused it to collapse. – Rob Larter	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Me personally, I’m not either left or right or Democrat or Republican, nothing like that, it’s just whatever sells is pretty much what’s gonna go on the shelf. – Javier Estrada Ovalles	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
[Russia] cannot produce their own world-class automobile … have you seen anywhere, anything produced in Russia on the shelf or in sale? look at Switzerland, and they have fantastic ski resorts and they produce all sorts of high-tech electronics and other things, while Russia on the world market you can find only weaponry or the raw materials. – Andrei Kozyrev	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Russia has definitely underperformed, but I don't think it's an indictment on their entire military or that we overestimated, in 2014, they seemed to have a war plan for Crimea that they dusted off the shelf and executed to perfection and this time they had months buildup and appeared to have no war plan at all. – Liam Collins	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He writes this graphic novel, draws the pictures about his own Christmas story and puts it on the library shelf. One of the librarians found it. And so they said ‘Oh this is kind of interesting’ and they added it to the catalog. – Dana Perino	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
How our technology works is when you pick an item off the shelf like this, it actually has a weight to the product, so we know it’s in your digital cart. – Jilea Hemmings	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think the ice shelf will be gone in a matter of years to decades, but the actual inland ice, that’s the really unknown question. – David Holland via AP	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If your favorite brand is not on the shelf, find a substitute, resist hoarding. If you take a little bit more than what you need, it can compound the situation. – Doug Baker	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When they learned some of these families don’t even have access to refrigeration at home, they created a shelf-stable menu of products. – The PepsiCo Foundation	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What's most concerning about the recent results is that it's pointing to a collapse of this ice shelf, this kind of safety band that holds the ice on the land, if we lose this ice shelf, then the glacier will flow into the ocean more quickly, contributing towards sea level rise. – Peter Davis	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They knew I was innocent but they still decided to bring these charges to make their name --to have a name. They wanted my head on their shelf. – Thomas Binger	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If you’re at a point where you’re taking pictures of milk on the shelf to prove how good things are, you know things are not good because no one was taking pictures of milk on the shelf three years ago. That was a given in America. – Brian Brenberg	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We also have a fun The Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt planned where we've placed the elves around our centers, some are inside of stores or at the food court. – Stephen Yalof	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our operating assumption is that it doesn’t get worse. ... They are working hard on the supply chain to get products on the shelf. – Phil Orlando	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
I do think there is a bipartisan desire to make sure that human rights are being respected in Afghanistan. Now, of course, I can not imagine my Democratic colleagues will be overly critical about the administration, but I can tell you they are very upset by what they see, i do think there is potentially a shelf life here, especially as we roll into an election. – Joni Ernst	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The storm generates a wave that moves towards the shore, and is amplified by a shallow continental shelf and inlet, bay, or other coastal feature. – Facebook Wednesday	Found on CNN 2 years ago

She wants to buy those little hot wheels car toys that Hammoudeh (her brother Mohammed’s nickname) loved to put them on her shelf to look at them and remember him, i keep trying to make her laugh, but it’s not like before.

– Samer Sharif

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s terrifying to think that you aren’t going to be able to nourish your infant, if you see a single hole on a formula shelf when you go, you remember that.

– Lauren Bauer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

From the satellite data, we're seeing these big fractures spreading across the ice shelf surface, essentially weakening the fabric of the ice ; kind of a bit like a windscreen crack, it's slowly spreading across the ice shelf and eventually it's going to fracture into lots of different pieces.

– Peter Davis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They did something to it to make it shelf stable, the important part there is looking at food labels.

– Jessica Bihuniak

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's a secular theme for us, developments in automation and the internet of things give these companies a long shelf life.

– Sameer Samana

Found on CNN
1 year ago

First, let me be clear : we should not have to choose between supply and safety, especially when it comes to a product we feed our babies. This product should face the most rigorous standards of safety, to ensure that it is safe to feed our children, the shortage persists because we are overly reliant on one manufacturer to get infant formula back on the shelf.

– Rosa DeLauro

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Due to lack of industry interest in leasing in the area, Interior Department will not move forward with the proposed Cook Inlet [ Outer Continental Shelf ] oil and gas lease sale 258.

– Interior Department spokeswoman Melissa Schwartz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think it's too soon to say it will, however, it's likely that the atmosphere will play an increasing role in ice shelf breakup by weakening them through surface melting.

– Julienne Stroeve

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I don't think there has been a shelf collapse like this in East Antarctica since we've been able to receive satellite data, conger is a very small ice shelf which has been decreasing in size for many years and this was just the final step which caused it to collapse.

– Rob Larter

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Me personally, I’m not either left or right or Democrat or Republican, nothing like that, it’s just whatever sells is pretty much what’s gonna go on the shelf.

– Javier Estrada Ovalles

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

[Russia] cannot produce their own world-class automobile … have you seen anywhere, anything produced in Russia on the shelf or in sale? look at Switzerland, and they have fantastic ski resorts and they produce all sorts of high-tech electronics and other things, while Russia on the world market you can find only weaponry or the raw materials.

– Andrei Kozyrev

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Russia has definitely underperformed, but I don't think it's an indictment on their entire military or that we overestimated, in 2014, they seemed to have a war plan for Crimea that they dusted off the shelf and executed to perfection and this time they had months buildup and appeared to have no war plan at all.

– Liam Collins

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He writes this graphic novel, draws the pictures about his own Christmas story and puts it on the library shelf. One of the librarians found it. And so they said ‘Oh this is kind of interesting’ and they added it to the catalog.

– Dana Perino

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

How our technology works is when you pick an item off the shelf like this, it actually has a weight to the product, so we know it’s in your digital cart.

– Jilea Hemmings

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think the ice shelf will be gone in a matter of years to decades, but the actual inland ice, that’s the really unknown question.

– David Holland via AP

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If your favorite brand is not on the shelf, find a substitute, resist hoarding. If you take a little bit more than what you need, it can compound the situation.

– Doug Baker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When they learned some of these families don’t even have access to refrigeration at home, they created a shelf-stable menu of products.

– The PepsiCo Foundation

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What's most concerning about the recent results is that it's pointing to a collapse of this ice shelf, this kind of safety band that holds the ice on the land, if we lose this ice shelf, then the glacier will flow into the ocean more quickly, contributing towards sea level rise.

– Peter Davis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They knew I was innocent but they still decided to bring these charges to make their name --to have a name. They wanted my head on their shelf.

– Thomas Binger

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If you’re at a point where you’re taking pictures of milk on the shelf to prove how good things are, you know things are not good because no one was taking pictures of milk on the shelf three years ago. That was a given in America.

– Brian Brenberg

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We also have a fun The Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt planned where we've placed the elves around our centers, some are inside of stores or at the food court.

– Stephen Yalof

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our operating assumption is that it doesn’t get worse. ... They are working hard on the supply chain to get products on the shelf.

– Phil Orlando

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I do think there is a bipartisan desire to make sure that human rights are being respected in Afghanistan. Now, of course, I can not imagine my Democratic colleagues will be overly critical about the administration, but I can tell you they are very upset by what they see, i do think there is potentially a shelf life here, especially as we roll into an election.

– Joni Ernst

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The storm generates a wave that moves towards the shore, and is amplified by a shallow continental shelf and inlet, bay, or other coastal feature.

– Facebook Wednesday

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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