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All of the recently excavated footprints are evenly spaced except for one print, which is out of line with the others.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
RIG climbed 1.2% from a year ago, rising across all of Nestlé’s businesses except the troubled infant formula division.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
He’s condescending to almost everyone except his church friends.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The WTO said that all of those components were around their trend levels, except for the measure for electronic components, which “has risen firmly above trend.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
I have no excuse for this, except that I was fifteen, and felt that day by day all my happiness was being taken from me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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