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Ungar participated in one of the earliest projects to mine user-generated internet content for reports of adverse drug reactions back in 2011.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Saturday brought the UK its first 30C day of the year, and the earliest date 30C was reached since 1952.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

From her earliest years, Emily thrilled to the austere glories of the landscape, with its great desolate stretches of rocky turf and rushing waterways all shaped and pummeled by winds that whistled and “wuthered.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Burger King was among the earliest chains to feast on movie tie-ins when it promoted the original “Star Wars” in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Amelia says, “First, let’s see if we can find her full name anywhere. Second, we’ll look for the earliest thing we can find. It looks like she included dates on everything she wrote.”

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day