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Speaking on Friday, Durkan said work starting at the site in 2028 at the earliest was "indicative of a lack of urgency".

From BBC • May 29, 2026

“A Landscape Painter,” one of his earliest short stories, follows the antiheroic Locksley, a painter with one foot in both of the neighborhood’s social worlds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

This finding suggests that the earliest blood cells may have resembled macrophages, which are immune cells that engulf harmful microbes and cellular debris.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

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

The shift to paid labor, which was considered more efficient, grew more quickly as the Northern states moved into manufacturing in the earliest days of the Industrial Revolution.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis