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One of the larger villages to be struck by the full force of the flood was Trishuli, where some of the earliest verified footage of the disaster emerged from.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Earlier this month, Jeff Dean, a fixture of Google’s AI efforts since its earliest days, left with three other senior DeepMind researchers to found a startup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Directed by Henry Winkler and co-starring Lee Majors as Mountain Dan, it may be one of the earliest precursors to the Hallmark holiday-style movies.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fratti performed on some of the band’s earliest records, and asked Derbez to house-sit for her while she was away touring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The settlement included a number of religious shrines, the earliest found so far, and on their plaster-covered walls we encounter the earliest paintings on a man-made surface.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
