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"This name is the tip of the iceberg," Yeni leader Ozgur Ozel told a party meeting on Wednesday, describing the scandal as "the robbery of the century".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The clip is of USC’s radio booth, where Pete Arbogast has been the Trojans’ play-by-play guy for the past quarter century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The company, which buys land to restore it to nature, said a traditional orchard "that once stood on the land but was lost over a century ago" would be reinstated.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Only three others this century have accomplished that feat: Barry Bonds in 2002, Miguel Cabrera in 2013 and Aaron Judge last season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
But in the fifteenth century, small distances are monumental.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Mulberry has been eaten as food and used in traditional medicine for centuries.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
In 2021, the Lutheran Church of Sweden apologised for centuries of "severe violations of human dignity" against the Sami people.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“The students who graduate and the tech companies that come to Miami to leverage those skills will change the very fabric of Miami for decades if not centuries to come,” Griffin said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Halley's Comet is one of the most famous comets in our Solar System and has been observed from Earth for centuries.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
For centuries, painters tried all sorts of tricks with perspective to make paintings look like they weren’t flat.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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