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The 66-year-old, originally from El Salvador, had been in the U.S. since he was a teenager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Some of the ideas now being applied to couples were originally developed to study changes in animal populations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
The 32-year-old aircraft was originally built as a passenger jet before being converted to carry cargo.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Anyone with these titles is disqualified from being an MP – originally in order to prevent royal influence on politics – but later used by parliamentarians who were unhappy with their lot.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Darwin now rushed to finish the monumental opus that he had originally intended to publish with all his findings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
