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While Cook oversaw a four-fold increase in Apple's yearly profit, with a massive expansion in products sold around the globe, it's product line has remained largely static.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

This is well-trod philosophical ground — referencing “negative” and “positive” rights, natural law and all the usual back and forth about originalism and whether the Constitution is living or static.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Minutes and hours, Ms. Haynes reminds us, haven’t always been static.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Without any static from the world beyond the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Long minutes passed, then de la O’s radio crackled with static: it was the radio operator reporting back, hysterical.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge