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From her earliest years, Emily thrilled to the austere glories of the landscape, with its great desolate stretches of rocky turf and rushing waterways all shaped and pummeled by winds that whistled and “wuthered.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Burger King was among the earliest chains to feast on movie tie-ins when it promoted the original “Star Wars” in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

The earliest you can claim benefits is 62, but that would permanently reduce your benefit by up to 30%.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Before this discovery, the earliest known human remains in northern Britain came from a 10,000-year-old burial uncovered in nearby Kent's Bank Cavern in 2013.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

This tiny female statuette is one of the earliest known human figures.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell