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In a tempestuous opening couple of minutes, St Helens' Jake Wingfield accused Brad O'Neill of spitting in his face, with referee Jack Smith putting the incident on report.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Former Senegalese foreign minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio wrote in early February that "a hundred minutes of football will never be able to ruin a thousand years of close ties between Senegal and Morocco".

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The scene where the quartet plays their pre-wedding parlor game occurs about 25 minutes into Borgli’s film, and is ripe with instrumental, pre-twist subtext.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

The Fed kept interest rates unchanged at its last meeting, and the minutes will shed light on how the decision was made and what policymakers are thinking, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Thirty minutes later, a woman in a food truck found me there.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith