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This law made permanent the tax rates and tax brackets originally enacted in 2017.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Monia Ghacha, an L.A.-based lawyer, has had nearly a dozen hearings for her asylum cases, which were originally scheduled for 2027 and 2028, moved up with barely a two-month notice.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

A family of two adults and four kits were originally moved into a five-hectare woodland enclosure in Worcestershire's Wyre Forest in April 2024, in a programme to reintroduce the species to the wild.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope was launched in 2004, and was originally designed for a two-year mission.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

The first antiaircraft guns were installed originally on ships, and then on land.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman