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The firm said there are too many factors that vary considerably from individual to individual — such as current health, family history and where they live — to provide an accurate estimate for long-term care.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
No country in history has dominated the sport as Spain is dominating it now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But she said Wales saw its biggest budget settlement for public services in the history of devolution while she was in office.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Prime ministerial terms once counted as eras in the history books: Gladstone, Disraeli, Lloyd George, Churchill, Thatcher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Even in history and maths, where we’re in the same set, I’ve started doing what she’s spent weeks doing to me – pretending she doesn’t exist.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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They reached their conclusions after analyzing trading histories of more than 5,000 individual prediction market contracts on Polymarket and Kalshi between October 2025 and this February.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Contemporary nations like Iran, Armenia, and Egypt can lay claim to being built on very old civilizations, but you could point out discontinuities and lapses in sovereignty in their histories that complicate the argument.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
AI is also helping breathe life into queer histories that have been little acknowledged or risk being erased.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Jefferson had faith in the capacity of future generations to write their own histories and correct the mistakes of the past,” they write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The Aztec and Inca Empires were formed by 15th-century conquests, before Europeans arrived, but we know much about their formation from Indian oral histories transcribed by early Spanish settlers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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