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But she said the regulator's timeline "leaves consumers unprotected until 2027 at the earliest".

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2026

For decades, astronomers have searched for the universe's earliest quasars because they preserve valuable information about how the first galaxies and supermassive black holes came into existence.

From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026

The virus is off to its earliest start in the United States in the last 20 years, federal officials warn, including in the Southland.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

Photographer Eadweard Muybridge’s animal studies are often regarded as the earliest examples of motion pictures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

There was no question of McKissick’s own brilliance: he had helped design one of the earliest sustained sit-down protests against Jim Crow and helped to guide the most famous of these efforts—the Greensboro lunch-counter protest.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson