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As a witness to the New York Mets’ abysmal inaugural season, Casey Stengel once remarked: “Been in this game one hundred years, but I see new ways to lose ’em I never knew existed before.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Among them, Once, which will open Cumming's inaugural season at Pitlochry next week.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
There originally was a racing season, but when attendance lagged the owners opted for a single Memorial Day Weekend event in 1911, the inaugural Indianapolis 500.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Same goes for quarterback Justin Herbert, who was drafted in 2020 and is still looking for his inaugural postseason victory.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Claytor had taken an honors math degree from Howard University in 1929 and, like Dorothy Vaughan, had received an offer to join the inaugural class of the school’s math graduate program.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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"The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, Part Four
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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