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In “Like This,” from the Glass/Wilson virtual reality “Monsters of Grace” originally created in 1998 at UCLA, the 12th century whirling dervish Turkish poet Rumi exalts the wonder of dying of love.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“While there is never a good time for an MD transition, we think the timing is interesting in the context of the reserve and resource update, which was originally slated for May,” Macquarie says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

However, the phone’s release faced delays, with the launch date originally set for August 2025.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

The show was originally commissioned to run alongside the London 2012 Summer Paralympics, but was so popular with viewers it continued as a topical weekly show satirising the week's news.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

He had originally proposed the concept in Hereditary Genius as early as 1869—thirty years before the rediscovery of Mendel—but left the idea unexplored, concentrating, instead, on the mechanism of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee