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But that means the waterway—which normally carries around 20% of the world’s oil traffic—is unlikely to be fully open before July at the earliest.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Publicly, though, Biden’s principal stated rationale for moving the state up was to increase racial diversity in the earliest voting states and reward Black voters for their significance in the Democratic Party coalition.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Ungar participated in one of the earliest projects to mine user-generated internet content for reports of adverse drug reactions back in 2011.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Saturday brought the UK its first 30C day of the year, and the earliest date 30C was reached since 1952.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

My earliest memory is of sitting outside our hut.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola