opening

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Last month, the High Court said the opening of the facility should be halted after a rights group opened a case alleging it posed "grave and imminent risks" to public health.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

A new state law that allows denser housing development near major transit stops goes into effect in July, opening the door to construction of more than 1 million new units in California’s urban centers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Few shows are quite as ripely pubescent as this adaptation of the very popular “Every Summer After,” the debut of author Carley Fortune and the opening salvo in her “Barry’s Bay” series of romance novels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

We reach a barbed-wire fence, and Hannie feels around in the darkness for the opening.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler