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[day] / deɪ /




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Gulf Coast diesel exports averaging 1.4 million barrels a day so far this week, down from 2.1 million barrels a day the previous week, S&P said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

At a time when air raid sirens sound constantly in Kyiv and explosions can be heard almost every day, the peace and quiet of the village is what Olena says she needs most.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The SpaceX Crew-12 mission launched on Feb. 13, and the crew docked with the space station a day later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The arrival in port came the day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boarded the Lincoln to congratulate the crew on their mission.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

She said none of these changes happened until the exact time of day she was born.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The private life of disgraced Silicon Valley startup founder Elizabeth Holmes will soon be aired to the public in a startling new documentary filmed in the 34 days before she went to prison.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Families have welcomed home the thousands of crew members on board the USS Abraham Lincoln after the warship spent more than 300 days at sea.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Crew members have been away from their families for 321 days and set a modern record for 265 consecutive days at sea without a port visit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Compared with other illnesses, the plague isn’t much of a problem these days: Each year the regular old flu kills many thousands of people in the United States alone.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The beauty of Betsie’s face sustained me over the next days, as I went from one to another of the women who had loved her, describing to them her peace and her joy.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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