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Physics papers which were sat last week had to be voided, while some of the same exam board's maths papers were also leaked earlier this month.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Renaissance Capital, which specializes in IPO research, had earlier estimated the company could raise $350 million.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Acquired by Elon Musk in 2022 and merged into SpaceX along with Musk’s xAI earlier this year, the former Twitter supplied “substantially all” of SpaceX’s AI revenue in 2023 and 2024, the filing said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Already, a previous warm weather spell forced him to harvest apricots five days earlier than planned this year, on May 1, he said.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Where ten minutes earlier I’d been burning with fever, now I was shaking with cold.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom