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During the trial, Brand faced allegations from six women spanning the decade between 1999 and 2009, when he rose to fame as one of Britain's most high-profile entertainers.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The district, spanning some 900 square miles, is the largest in the country, and the majority of its 200,000 students are low-income.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Singer and Jonathan Pollock, the firm’s two chief executives and chief investment officers, run one of the hedge-fund industry’s largest pools of capital, deployed across strategies spanning activist campaigns, buyouts, distressed-debt investing and commodities trading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Even as some populations maintained relatively stable genetic ancestry within their home regions, they could also participate in broader networks of genetic exchange spanning considerable distances.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
My father’s tribal rule had as its fulcrum the constant performing of rituals spanning the range of day-to-day living.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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