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"Calcium and phosphorus levels could also reach the lower end of their healthy ranges later this century."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
“In terms of sociability, in terms of work cultures, it has been really central to sociability, particularly for men, and increasingly in the 20th century, I think, for women as well,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Los Angeles’s iconic Pink’s Hot Dogs, a local favorite for more than half a century, is setting up shop in Japan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Tanzid Hasan Tamim became the first Bangladesh cricketer to score a Test century in Australia as the visitors continued to dominate on day two in Darwin.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The building was less than a block from the Beje, and probably a century newer, but there was no Tante Anna to wax and scrub.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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River otters were hunted by the thousands for their pelts in the 17th and 18th centuries, according to the Sacramento Zoo’s page about the animal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
With Rew, Dawkins and Mayes having already scored first-class centuries, it is a youth cohort some regard as England's best for a generation.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Later innovations introduced elements of narrative texture and tone, as when the question mark entered the repertoire over the eighth and ninth centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"In past centuries, Germany was a land rich in water," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“For centuries the idea of creating artificial rain has been mocked as pseudoscience,” he continued.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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