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Consolidation during golf’s lean years has given rise to a healthier industry with fewer big players.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

A roller coaster that when it was created in 2000 “demanded an all-new category just to classify its one of a kind nature,” giving rise to the “giga-coaster.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Labrujasuchus belonged to the archosaur lineage that eventually gave rise to crocodiles, animals best known today for their four-legged bodies and tooth-filled jaws.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

"We are at risk of a lost generation," he warned, with the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work, education or training set to rise to 1.25 million by 2031.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

After three years there, feeling he was going nowhere, he took a post at McGill University in Montreal, and there he began his long and steady rise to greatness.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson