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Lawson, whose surgery was originally scheduled for the coming weekend, said: "It was kind of like being hit with a sledgehammer."

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

She and others contend the geotubes were originally approved as a temporary fix.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

According to its listing, the home was originally built in 1941—and spreads across more than 4,100 square feet.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

To achieve this, scientists used JQ1, a small molecule inhibitor originally developed to study cancer and inflammatory diseases.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

The skits, written originally by Anne and Ernestine, never varied much, so we could give them without rehearsal.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey