events

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It is fodder for the debate about the economic merits of hosting big sporting events.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Djokovic was 31 when he created history by winning the 2018 Cincinnati Open, before he repeated the feat - winning all nine events at least twice - aged 33 in 2020.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Protesters crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma before continuing events in Montgomery, where speakers framed the current political moment as a continuation, not a conclusion of the civil rights movement.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

But he admitted that events in Belgium had “aroused almost the entire world against Germany.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman