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He was paying more to refill his rental as he headed for a flight home, after having paid much more for the ticket than earlier in the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

That support has certainly increased as USA's opener has approached and earlier this week, a 30 minute training session saw 30,000 fans register their interest for the 5,000 tickets available.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The international benchmark is now down five of the past seven sessions, but oil pared an earlier deeper drop.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Chinese carmakers are aggressively expanding overseas, shipping 784,000 cars abroad in May, a 75% increase from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Magic then recited the speech she had practiced with all the dramatic flair that Duane had attempted earlier.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el