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Cauich: With 48 teams and 12 groups, eight best third-place finishers advance in the first round, which means a team would have to be awful to be eliminated in the group stage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

High Street retailers and hospitality businesses such as restaurants, cafes and pubs often offer the first experience of work for many.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

He made his professional debut with Club América in 2004 and appeared in his first World Cup two years later in Germany.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

He said it was the first sign of a resolution for 18 months, but the government had "seemingly sat on their hands".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

The first seven patients—five men and two women—arrived by barge on the Mississippi River in the middle of the night.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly