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Smoke began to intensify, and soon most residents had left their properties.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Central bank policymakers are set to decide Wednesday on the path for interest rates, after having left rates steady four times in a row.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

But when Staples Center opened in 1999 and the Lakers and Kings left the Forum, collections fell from about $700,000 to $225,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The next donation by a William Pulte came in 2019, when only the grandson of that name was left.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Soon after, Carl Wernicke found another area on the left temporal lobe that controlled the ability to understand speech.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman