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Faint scorch marks could have formed when the pot was originally fired, or they may have appeared later if the vessel was set close to a fire to warm individual servings of food.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
It was originally used as an osteology and mammals gallery.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The exercises were originally scheduled to last until August 27.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Analysts said that the Treasury Department will likely issue more short-term bills to fund the scaled-up buyback program, which was originally meant to improve liquidity in less frequently traded bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The passage originally contained a single direct quotation from Lucretius, but two more were added in 1588, and we will see in a moment that it is directly inspired by Lucretius on foedus naturae.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
