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The shuttle service had primarily been transporting service personnel and their families who had been returning home for Eid.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Smith said he packed, so it wasn’t “too dreadful,” but the Air Force veteran did liken the evacuation to a deployment, owing primarily to the uncertainty of how long the evacuation might last.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Most T. proriger fossils have been found in Kansas and date to roughly 84 million years ago, while the new species primarily lived in what is now Texas about 80 million years ago.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
The company said the loss was primarily driven by stepped-up investment in development and related infrastructure for the rocket.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Although slavery is mostly associated with the American South, the entire country, as it grew, benefitted from the enslavement of people, primarily Africans and African Americans.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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