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The police said several of its vehicles, alongside those of the coastguard and Border Force, were damaged during the disruption, which lasted until the early hours of Monday.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Near her home in eastern Denmark, the aspiring lepidopterist has an early victory when she spots a small tortoiseshell butterfly, “brick red, with cream and black spots.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Adding the cancer-targeting receptor at such an early stage has an important advantage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
She rode the early 2000s wave of venture-capitalism consumer-tech hype, defrauding investors and the public with a bogus new way to test blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Yet another reason Clare went to bed early on this night.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
"The later crops, the second earlies, are more a concern, because they're at tuber initiation stage," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2023
Circumcising babies when they are at their earlies stage of development-imprinting every experience- is bad medicine.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 12, 2012
After Panetta met with the Washington Post’s David Ignatius earlies this month, the columnist wrote that “Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June.”
From Time ● Feb. 23, 2012
If you, like me, have long been befuddled by potato planting classifications – earlies, second earlies, maincrop, lates – this podcast is revelatory.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2010
The alcalde will be please' to accommodate at the earlies'.
From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Ellingwood Beach
It comes after Sir Tom Jones said earlier this week that he had been removed from the series despite wanting to stay, over an insurance issue.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Prices excluding food and energy—the so-called core that economists watch to help gauge underlying price trends—were up 2.4% from a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
I lost my beloved husband earlier this year after a long illness.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
ITV also confirmed earlier reports that singer Cheryl and rapper Aitch will join the The Voice as coaches, sitting in the show's famous giant red chairs.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The sun was on his back earlier when he ran ahead of Abby and his parents, on his way to the lake.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
She describes them in two manuscripts, which together comprise the earliest texts known to have been written in English by a woman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Among the earliest to reach damaged tissue are neutrophils, immune cells that were long viewed mainly as a cleanup crew responsible for removing debris.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
That’s a reasonable assumption, according to Lawrence Tint, one of the earliest players in creating index funds.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
It can take up to a year to carry out a review, so retatrutide would not be legally available in the US until the end of 2027 at the earliest.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“In their presence,” pursued Pumblechook, “I will tell you, young man, what to say to Joseph. Says you, “Joseph, I have this day seen my earliest benefactor and the founder of my fortun’s.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
