yesterday

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"The overnight evolution has been favourable and the weather conditions allow us to face the day with better prospects than yesterday," Antonio Sanz, the Andalusian regional government's emergency chief, told reporters.

From Barron's • Jul. 11, 2026

An NPR host yesterday opened an interview with a Maine reporter by observing, “A lot going on in your little state.”

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2026

New figures also showed tanker crossings on the Strait of Hormuz declined a bit yesterday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

I’ve been abroad for a couple weeks now, and I got in yesterday and I was fighting so hard to stay up for as long as possible, but I couldn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

The boy whose door I knocked on just yesterday.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse