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We originally wanted to practice our archery skills, but because we’d waited until after noon, the line was long every time we checked.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Shamo and Khdir were both originally from Iraqi Kurdistan but were living and working legally in the UK.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The latest downgrade in fourth-quarter GDP, meanwhile, stemmed from a bigger slowdown in the production of inventories — unsold goods — than originally reported.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Bronner inherited his verbosity and gumption from his grandfather, Emanuel Bronner, who originally crammed all-caps, feel-good credos onto the labels of his soap bottles in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

He chose to bring his son Kermit, and of the six American men that he originally brought with him to South America, he chose only one to continue with them down the River of Doubt.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple