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In 2022, after both parents had died, Ferrer opened a closet and found about 100 letters from Poly, the earliest less than a week after their departure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Oprah Winfrey, one of Chopra’s earliest champions and business partners, gave him a huge boost with TV appearances in the early 1990s.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The trial took onlookers back in time to the earliest days of the boom as OpenAI and Musk’s SpaceX now race to go public.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

An international research team studying fossils from the site found evidence that Australopithecus and the earliest known members of Homo lived in the same region between about 2.6 and 2.8 million years ago.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

“Wall Hall. The earliest record of the estate in Aldenham village dates back to the thirteenth century.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin