Doesn't have as much content as Google News but I just discovered https://newsasfacts.com/ and it's exactly what I wanted in a news site.

Are there any examples of things made with Fresh available?

I was pleasantly surprised to find that they finally dogfood Fresh for https://deno.land/

Source can be found here https://github.com/denoland/dotland

Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. I wish you best of luck.

Looks cool, but what would be a practical use for this?

I'm guessing “plaything that the maker was amused by thinking about and putting together”.

If that isn't practical enough, maybe they learned/practised/refined something while doing it.

Google results unaffected by location bias and the like? Not sure what this is supposed to be