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At W, "the idea is to bring back what was once Twitter in the good old days," said founder Anna Zeiter ahead of the Saturday launch.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

It has warned foreign diplomats to leave the Ukrainian capital ahead of 9 May.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Since the Southern Section uses computer rankings, you have the strange situation of Trinity League runner-up Orange Lutheran getting seeded ahead of Trinity League champion St. John Bosco.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted per-share earnings were also 12 cents, ahead of the 10 cents anticipated by analysts, according to FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The only thing we had going for us that they didn’t was that our technology and a lot of money was spent to stay one step ahead of them on that front.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin