decade
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It started regaining some lost ground that decade as developers set out to revive the waterfront.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
In the last decade alone the UK has had more prime ministers, and twice as many people have walked on the moon than have played the British secret agent.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Jay-Z's first headline solo show in the UK in more than a decade saw him celebrate hip-hop culture alongside a host of special guests, including Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Giggs.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the last decade Germany has sheltered millions of refugees, mainly from Syria and other troubled countries in the Middle East.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Nearly a decade later, in December 1939, the acclaimed newspaper reporter Ernie Pyle stopped at La Tuna prison, near El Paso, Texas.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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In other words, each joint's local biological environment may help determine how susceptible it becomes to rheumatoid arthritis years or decades later.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
For more than two decades, Top Gear and The Grand Tour were defined as much by the three men presenting them as by the cars they drove.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Such poetic license offers little new insight into a topic that has already been picked over for two decades, but it might be forgiven were Hansen as easily dramatized as he is made fun of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Ford was at sea for 11 months before it returned home last May, making it the longest-deployed aircraft carrier in decades, although it didn’t go as long without a port visit as the Lincoln.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
On August 6 of that year, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, prohibiting the literacy tests that for decades had been used to keep Negroes from voting, primarily in the South.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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