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The fossils were uncovered during expeditions in 2023 and 2024 by researchers from the Sallam Lab at Wadi Moghra, a well-known fossil site in northern Egypt.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
She said better regulation of the secondhand market was needed, including for pawnbrokers and well-known online retailers and auctioneers.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
But unlike the most well-known version of that character, portrayed by Piper Laurie in Brian DePalma’s 1976 adaptation, Margaret is not a melodramatic, over-the-top, completely irrational zealot.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
As Exxon made major oil discoveries in Guyana in the 2010s, Chevron scaled back, focusing on expanding its operations in well-known regions like the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The laughter died away, when a well-known and abhorred voice, apparently close to my ear, addressed me in an audible whisper, “I am satisfied, miserable wretch! You have determined to live, and I am satisfied.”
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
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