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She said that "overall" many people want to work past the retirement age, which she called no longer a "cut off".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are famous for animals found nowhere else on Earth, including giant tortoises and marine iguanas.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

She was immediately interested because the closest known octopus of that shape lives off the coast of Uruguay -- in a different ocean on the other side of South America.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Five years later, the metaverse still hasn’t taken off, and Meta has started to shift resources and focus away from it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Sela raised her eyes, but they skated over my face and flitted off.

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