period

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Traffic through the strait was below 10% of its usual volume Thursday, with only seven ships passing through in a 24-hour period, Reuters reported.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Watts will be suspended from 9 April to 2 May, as his one-day team ban for the following Dorpenomloop Rucphen race on 8 March has been credited from the suspension period.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

The 40-day mourning period following a death is an important rite of passage for Muslims.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The deficit during the first six months of this fiscal year totalled $1.2 trillion, which is $139 billion less than the same period last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

During this period, plastic increasingly filled landfills and oceans while its production—up to 8 million tons annually by 2020—contributed to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly