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   Hi, all!   
      
   https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51040336   
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   UK scientists' bid to find a hidden population of iron meteorites in the   
   Antarctic has been beaten into submission.   
      
   The University of Manchester team had developed a detection system it   
   hoped would reveal the metal objects sitting just under the ice surface.   
      
   But after 18 days of survey work, the equipment has broken beyond   
   repair. It seems the components couldn't cope with the pounding they   
   received as the detector was dragged across hard ice.   
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   What a strange expression -- "their bid has been beaten into submission". By   
   the scientists themselves? I would understand the phrase like "The robbers   
   beat their victim into submission", but this one...   
      
   Bye, all!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
      
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