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On the way back south, it spent four days unloading cargo from the Thamesborg, the vessel grounded in the Franklin Strait, to help refloat it before the onset of new ice.

From The Wall Street Journal

His family had worked to raise awareness of young onset dementia since his diagnosis, and charity Alzheimer's Research UK said someone of his standing speaking so openly had had a big impact.

From BBC

The safety margin applied had been "negated by the unexpected onset of the large vertical oscillations, which caused the car to touch the ground", he said.

From BBC

These insights may help guide earlier intervention and possibly prevent disease onset.

From Science Daily

Unsurprisingly adolescence starts around the onset of puberty, but this is the latest evidence suggesting it ends much later than we assumed.

From BBC