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The trainer, who is based in Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, said he "usually would have a fiver or a tenner on them" which would have made a "nice payday".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The scheme started after the EU's Common Agricultural Policy began calculating subsidies based on land instead of livestock in 2014.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Pangram claims a false-positive rate of 1 in 10,000 for all forms of writing and 1 in 100,000 for news articles, based on a test of content published before ChatGPT’s 2022 debut.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“Decisions like this are based on real-time monitoring, the animal’s condition and whether intervention is likely to make a meaningful difference,” said Kyle Evans, Department of Fish and Wildlife environmental program manager in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis