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Kuala Lumpur Kepong said in a statement that a "majority" of the fires originated from beyond its concession area and had all been extinguished.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The fate of these women and their children has proven a sticking point for the Western countries from where some originated, with many trapped or stripped of their citizenship by their former homelands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
These tests confirmed that the incorporated oxygen originated from oxygen gas rather than water.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
But the musicians in front of you are not the humans who originated the music, and that matters because the energy is not the same.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The dust which had contaminated most of the planet’s surface had originated in no country, and no one, even the wartime enemy, had planned on it.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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