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The early days of celebration in Israel over the heroism of the passengers has since shifted to concern about security holes that allowed Hammami to be in the cockpit and almost crash the plane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pneumonic plague can be fatal if not treated early, according to the WHO.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The average tank of gas cost about $60 to fill in early October, up from $43 a year earlier, according to GasBuddy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
We think that very early in the solar system's history, when the terrestrial planets formed, they were extremely hot due to the energy from all of the planetesimal collisions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
By dawn’s early light, Lloyd rode Siren into the crick to give her a drink.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
"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
Try | | | | other earlies |Golden Wax | May 15 | July 22| Rusted.
From Home Vegetable Gardening — a Complete and Practical Guide to the Planting and Care of All Vegetables, Fruits and Berries Worth Growing for Home Use by F. F. (Frederick Frye) Rockwell
It showcased a privacy pod at an aircraft interiors trade show earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Speaking at Norwich Magistrates' Court earlier, prosecutor Jacqui Hanlon said paramedics were called to Hannah Cain's home, on Fern Hill, at 02:25 BST on Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Palm Beach international airport was renamed after the city's most famous resident earlier this year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The average credit-card balance for college students was $2,100 in the first quarter of 2025, according to a WalletHub study — a 5.5% increase from $1,900 a year earlier.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
“To be real, I wasn’t feelin’ your vibe earlier today.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The walls of what is thought to be one of medieval England's earliest and largest leprosy hospitals have been uncovered in Lincoln by Time Team archaeologists.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
His efforts, which he published under the name Football Leaks, offered some of the earliest insights into City’s operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
That reconstruction offers a glimpse into the genetic makeup of one of the earliest flying mammals and creates a new resource for studying how bats developed their exceptional diversity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
OpenAI has delayed its own Wall Street debut till next year at the earliest, as Anthropic aims for November.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Not until more than two million years later do we meet the earliest evidence of toolmaking.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
