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Firefighters on Friday reissued evacuation orders and expanded the zone to include portions of the cities of Garden Grove, Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Stanton and Westminster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

“Then divide the beef you won’t be using on Memorial Day into portions and freeze it for later,” Rice said.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The inner portions of the stromatolites showed stronger hydrothermal signatures, indicating they likely formed during an earlier and hotter stage of the crater lake's history.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

He says he aims to eat three portions of meat a day, often trekking to Costco to buy it in bulk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

To his annoyance he saw that the previous owner had scribbled all over the pages, so that the margins were as black as the printed portions.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling