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The Padres, meanwhile, have given up 65 runs over the last six days, the most in such a span in franchise history.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2026
If the target is hit, Sir Brendan says it would count as the biggest marathon in history.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Ohio has offered a piece of fabric from the wings of the airplane built by Wilbur and Orville Wright, the pioneers who made aviation history in 1903 with the first powered, sustained flight.
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
Visitors are left to reconcile a history of gradually expanding rights and liberties with that portentous coda.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Ever since the days when Willem was studying church history, I had remembered the venerable fourth-century church father, Eusebius.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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