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ancient

[eyn-shuhnt] / ˈeɪn ʃənt /


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A year-long legal dispute over the felling of an ancient oak in north London has ended after Toby Carvery's owners apologised and agreed to fund 1,000 new trees.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The future seemed shaped by an oft-repeated line from ancient Greek historian Thucydides: “The strong do what they will, and the weak suffer as they must.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Anthropologists rely on them to reconstruct ancient diets, lifestyles and health.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Father Carlos Martins, for example, produces an Exorcist Files podcast with 40,000 followers on YouTube that promises to take viewers through his experiences “battling the ancient serpent in many forms.”

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

They look like the core of a fire now—bright and ancient.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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