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Sardina said she also wanted to speak before the board on the subject but the board members wouldn’t let anyone talk, saying that they wanted to speak to lawyers first.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Rosmarin and the others had been informed by the captain of a hantavirus case during a meeting in a lounge "less than 24 hours before we were supposed to disembark the ship", he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Last year, Beijing restricted exports of certain rare earths before later lifting the measure.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

As the market gets more concentrated around this trade, it has people drawing comparisons with March 2000, right before the dot-com bubble burst.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

He laughed and told me that before he played guitar, he played the bagpipes.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam