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[furst] / fɜrst /




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An said she was 24 years old at the time of the alleged incident, her first foray into the industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The family of Keren Rowland also gave a submission to the inquiry outlining their belief that she may have been Milat's first victim.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Anthropic’s revenue recently surged after its coding tool Claude Code went viral among software engineers, and the five-year-old startup surpassed OpenAI’s valuation for the first time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Los Angeles made the playoffs each year since the 2021-22 season, but the team did not advance past the first round.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“La, remember when you first started to Flash, and I told you I didn’t want to know what you saw?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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