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"This the first time anyone has conceived using fire whirls for oil spill remediation, and it's really just the beginning," said Oran, professor of aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Vegetable-oil prices instead fell 4.6%—the first monthly decline since the beginning of the year—dragged by lower palm and soybean oil prices, which outweighed gains in rapeseed and sunflower oils.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Jesse said he spent the beginning of the week tending to her, and on Wednesday he crafted the post to explain what the couple had decided and why.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
She tells me her late father, Roy, was involved with the Phoenix Centre from the beginning and served as a chairman and director.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
We were back in the store when Grandpa said, “Tell me how you caught those monkeys. I want to know. I was beginning to think they couldn’t be caught.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 3
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Common Core Grade 6, List 3
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Common Core Grade 5, List 3
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