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Macdonald recalls that when he graduated, there was basically no local space industry for him to join.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Justice Goodwin Liu’s concurring opinion in that case urged local election administrators to be prepared to seek a court order blocking any attempted seizure.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Companies are being extremely reckless given the stakes," Coxon told local lawmakers at a hearing before the New York City Council.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The mayor of the town of Shelekhov, home to around 40,000 people and where the patient was hospitalized, said the local hospital had been placed under quarantine and was no longer accepting patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Chase joked that he should become a meteorologist for a local television station.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
For many Okinawa locals, the arrest of a US soldier accused of robbing and killing a woman in a hotel room has reignited decades of frustration over crimes involving US military personnel there.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
While locals are used to periods of low water, this particular spell is alarming, with the record low of 1906 set to be surpassed imminently.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Both of them hail from within 25 miles of Fenway Park, leaving the Red Sox to wonder how they let these two locals end up in pinstripes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
In County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, where locals have previously described "complete blackspots" of phone signal, there are signs of improvement.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Howard worked at Clovis for four years, each time staffing the field crews with a mix of sunburned locals in boots and jeans and well-tailored Ivy League college students on vacation.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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