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This year, there have been 245 cases, marking the largest outbreak in Australia since 1991, mainly in remote Indigenous communities.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Speaking from a hospital room in the Mina camp, where authorities treat pilgrims for heat exhaustion, the health ministry's Jameel Abualenain said he was mainly concerned "about rising temperatures" affecting pilgrims.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Fossils of the giant reptile were found mainly in northern Texas and date back about 80 million years.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Instead, they are mainly vehicles to transfer funds, with one incoming transaction and one outgoing transaction of an equivalent value, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

He mainly works on naval codes but sometimes stops in to swap ideas with Welchman.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin