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McVay’s announcement came about a week after San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan canceled minicamp, and Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald did the same.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Perhaps this kind of model might also apply to other parts of Europe where we lack evidence for how the increased hunter-gatherer ancestry in the later Neolithic came about.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

She said the new technique came about through a shift in how chipmaking has historically been conceptualised.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

The first breakthrough came about a month later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This came about from nothing other than his excessive compassion, which gave his soldiers more licence than is suitable to military discipline.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli



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