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His early remarks led to all of his support acts to drop out of the tour in solidarity with Macklemore, and fans to express frustration.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
After this weekend's protests, many shopfronts in the city centre were still boarded up early Monday, just hours before Macron's arrival.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
The bust began in early January 2028, when hyperscalers stopped investing, slashing capital-expenditure guidance by 45% to around $600 billion and driving a 10% slump for stocks in a week.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Statistics Canada’s early tally of wholesale receipts points to a 0.5% increase in September sales from the month before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
If I’m not ten minutes early, he thinks I’m late.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"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
For the ultimate in earlies I suggest Red Gold.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
Ellison told reporters earlier this month the “synergies” will not “primarily” come from labor, but instead from tech, procurement and “real estate optimalization.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
A survey from YouGov earlier this month found 22% of people had a positive view of Meghan, compared with 49% who dislike her.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Auction site eBay laid off 1,000 employees earlier this month, adding to a previous round earlier this year which impacted 800 jobs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Jackson had shown his class a documentary about credit, debt and pawn shops earlier that same day.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
He gestures to the velvet sofa Helen had tried to make me sit on earlier.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
This dates back to the earliest days of the Israeli state when the Haredim were a miniscule community of survivors struggling to rebuild from the near extinction of the Holocaust.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Neurons in the LC are also among the earliest brain cells to deteriorate in Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that the new findings could have implications for understanding and treating these conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, a longtime friend of Roy’s and among her earliest endorsers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
“We also believe we’re in the earliest stages of an AI-driven uplift in productivity,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Founded in 1838, Mount Hope was one of the earliest “garden cemeteries” to feature elaborate headstones, gazebos and benches used for public recreation as well as for burials.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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