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Korner has set November 30 as the start date of the trial, which could take months or even years.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
To date, just three of the recommendations have been completed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
She also knows that under the terms of the merger the cost of severing Wiatt would be $20 million, plus an additional $4 million if it happens before a certain date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Italy, Spain and Poland have yet to set a date for their parliamentary elections.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
He’d tapped an exclamation point on my text and replied: You went on a date???
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Petitioners are asked to document their abuse in detail, including dates and locations where incidents occurred.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
His fondness dates back at least to seventh grade, when he says he was recruited to learn Russian in his Maryland public school.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
The newly confirmed dates mark the next phase of Oasis's comeback following their acclaimed 2025 reunion tour, which made an estimated £300 million at the box office.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Pfizer’s claim dates back to 2021 when the European Union negotiated a landmark agreement to secure hundreds of millions of Covid-19 vaccines on behalf of its 27 member states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Or a homework tracker,” Tamika said, “where you enter all your assignments, the steps to complete them, and due dates, and then mark them off when finished.”
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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Those altered plant remains occurred throughout the dated deposits, suggesting that people repeatedly carried vegetation into the cave and burned it there across the span of the past 25,000 years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
She shared more and more as time went by, opening up her iPhone to us and showing photos that dated back more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It was the third time he had been given a prison sentence for offending that dated back to 2015.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Crafted by a Zapotec artist and dated to 800-900, he has a man’s body but the claws and head of a bat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Another letter dated 1955 referred to a bank account that wasn’t opened until 1963.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Scam artists scour social-media platforms, public records, country clubs, social events, and dating sites.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
A pair of battered, hobnailed boots and a newspaper cutting dating back nearly 140 years are among a trove of everyday objects unearthed during restoration work at Buckingham Palace.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
By studying chemical signatures locked inside the rocks, the team was able to reconstruct geological events dating back roughly 3.1 billion years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Some call it maintaining a standard dating back to 1487; others liken it to a cartel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
But I just miss him whenever he’s dating.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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