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late

[leyt] / leɪt /






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The imbroglio has numerous echoes of Kushner’s experience late last year in Serbia, where he had hoped to build a Trump-branded hotel on a Belgrade site once bombed by North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The new rules will take effect in late 2028.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Gold prices, in fact, broke through a key technical threshold late last week—closing below the 200-day moving average that investors use as a benchmark for longer-term momentum—for the first time in 2½ years.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

"Hillary Dawa had experience working in this capacity in previous years, but he was late in his career."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

‘The Watchers everywhere. They see you, but you don’t see them. Not till it’s too late.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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