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During the trial, Nancy Iskander testified that she began to cross Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive on inline skates with her youngest son, Zachary, next to her on his scooter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“Moving it without damage will be next to impossible and extremely expensive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The category A-listed Tolbooth sits next to the A76 - a main link route between Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Nancy Iskander testified that she began to cross on inline skates with her youngest son, Zachary, next to her on his scooter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The woman next to me at the relay bench was an intense Communist woman named Floor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom