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She and Razzell, who is originally from Somerset, had been in the middle of divorce proceedings.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Ali, not his real name, originally came to the UK as a student from Pakistan in 2011.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was originally sentenced to 18 years in prison.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Suppose all the required information comes together for someone who originally thought the the tax deadline could be met.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

He had originally proposed the concept in Hereditary Genius as early as 1869—thirty years before the rediscovery of Mendel—but left the idea unexplored, concentrating, instead, on the mechanism of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee