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She told shelter officials that she and her family had been scouring the neighborhood, including posting fliers and contacting local dog rescues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Michael Pace, who founded the centre along with his brother Tony, built the centre as he wanted to share his passion for astronomy with the local community.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
As one local puts it, there's a "church on every street" of the Appalchian community of Kingsport, in the US state of Tennessee.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the national market remains stagnant, a shift is underway in many local real-estate markets, signifying a major turning point in the housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
One project looked at the local effects of climate change by measuring the erosion of the cliffs along the coastline.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Instead, locals sometimes offer fresh animal sacrifices at the shrine which attract the birds, he explains.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
High gold prices are pushing mining companies to expand production, drawing them into tense conflicts with locals and environmental groups across the American west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Malaysian Meteorological Department urged locals to stay indoors, with director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip blaming a "cross-border haze phenomenon from Kalimantan."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Langley employees, and the locals, campaigned with all their might to keep their brainchild from leaving home.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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