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Todd Bridges is the last surviving original cast member of the hit sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes,” which ran from 1978 to 1986.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Those of us who practice writing as a professional craft have an ethical duty, and sometimes a contractual obligation, to ensure that our work is original.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When BBC Verify went back to Centcom with the experts' analysis, it said it had "nothing to add" to its original statement.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The sudden popularity of "Fruit Love Island" has spawned many fake TikTok accounts publishing copycat episodes, while some of the original clips appear to have been removed from the platform.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Three hundred ninety-eight residents, out of the original population of 10,341, registered to return on the opening of Okuma, and fewer than 800 of the former population of 8,000 committed to return to Futaba.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland