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Before the August 2025 statement, the Journal reported that preliminary findings in the investigation found misconduct over the span of a decade, including improper travel expenses and gifts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026
These periods span parts of the Stone Age and early metalworking eras, thousands of years before modern civilization.
From Science Daily • Jul. 5, 2026
Iranian state media say six days of ceremonies will span several locations across Iran and neighbouring Iraq, before he is buried in his hometown of Mashhad on Thursday.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
The Padres, meanwhile, have given up 65 runs over the last six days, the most in such a span in franchise history.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026
He was stunned by the memories brought to him with the perfume, not because of their clarity, but because they gathered together the whole long span of years and were complete.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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President Obama's Speech at Hiroshima
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Civil Engineering
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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