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When the Brewers won only three of their first 15 games in 2002, Lopes was fired.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

A two-week ceasefire was agreed on Tuesday evening on the condition that "safe passage" through the narrow waterway is guaranteed - but only a few vessels have since crossed.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

But there’s a big caveat: “Decreases only last as long as the situation remains positive. Any new escalations or rhetoric can quickly reverse the expected drops,” De Haan told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

According to Lilias’s son Matthew Folan, the only time Lilias would see her mother was at Christmas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It’ll be the end of us and we’re only getting started.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam