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A day earlier, her stepfather had been deported to Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The plane had earlier taken off from Cumbernauld Airport at 11:46, before flying 15 minutes to Glasgow Airport.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Goods exports to the US jumped 21 percent in August to $8.3 billion compared to the same month a year earlier, when India faced 50 percent tariffs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
“It’s cool that my stocks keep going up, I’m not mad about that,” he said earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
So we walked together, and as we did I asked what he’d been about to say to me earlier.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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