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Early humans occupied the site during the Middle Pleistocene, a period spanning roughly 774,000 to 129,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Nolans is expected to be Australia’s first fully integrated rare-earths operation, spanning mining and processing activities, Arafura said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The report covers a period spanning the birth of the children in the 2000s up until they were involved in the 2023 criminal trial.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Ferrer won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in history for “Cuba: An American History,” a tome spanning more than five centuries of entanglement between the island and the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The team trotted briskly out of town, across the bridge spanning the river, and on up the road between meadows that seemed to have grown a little brighter since morning.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt