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The final autopsy is not even done yet, and it might not be done in the normal course of events yet.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

In the ordinary course of events, it would take about 100 days to get a new Fed chair confirmed, Clifton said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

"As for the other individuals who are in police custody, they are people who may be able to provide us with information about the course of events."

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

Senior prosecutor Fredrik Jönssom said the singer had made "a movement that hit the woman’s film camera" but that the course of events "was fast and was perceived differently by the witness of the incident".

From BBC • Aug. 12, 2024

Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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