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Instead, four years ago, aged 18, she was pushed by her mother to get married.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

More than 17,000 Maextro cars have been delivered as of the end of April since the car was introduced a year ago, according to Huawei.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

More than a century ago, Albert Einstein and Wander Johannes de Haas demonstrated that changing the magnetization of a material could physically cause it to rotate.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

A year ago, Garcia Venegas was filming his brother’s arrest during a raid on their coastal Alabama construction site when he was tackled by agents, who ignored his pleas that he was a citizen.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

About a year ago, a group of us started holding bonfires at dedicated clearings in the woods, nowhere near enough to houses for parents to come nosing around our flickering flames.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith