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The Fannings moved from Georgia to Los Angeles not long after that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Not long ago, she told The Messenger that, overall, she looks back on her career with a sense of curiosity.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Last year, the former Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said it had gone on for "far too long", but until now that was an isolated intervention.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
As an establishment that has long provided first jobs for young people, the watering hole also speaks to one of Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s toughest economic challenges: getting young Britons into work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
There’s a long line of people waiting to enter the grand opening of an African American museum.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The improvement became even greater with longer overhangs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Moderna and Merck’s first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine helped people with melanoma live longer in a late-stage trial, and shares of both companies are soaring.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the damage was done, and the firm no longer exists.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Crisis cell spokesman Tony Hosmans told AFP the fire burning since Friday "has been contained and should no longer be able to spread" -- after threatening to spill over the German border to the east.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I’ve had my gift for over seventy years now. I no longer need anything to get my mind and body ready. Please, drink.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
When he made that 54-yard field goal, the longest of his career, in eighth grade, he did not scream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Italy’s longest river, the Po, is essential for irrigating farmland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
That is the longest it has ever taken parliament to pass an annual general budget.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The longest unfinished stretch is the eight miles from Elysian Park through downtown to Maywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
It would be his longest, the longest for any pilot—from Pakistan all the way over Russia to an air base in northern Norway.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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