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In 2022, after both parents had died, Ferrer opened a closet and found about 100 letters from Poly, the earliest less than a week after their departure.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Oprah Winfrey, one of Chopra’s earliest champions and business partners, gave him a huge boost with TV appearances in the early 1990s.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Their work provided some of the earliest hints of the infinite particle spectrum later connected to string theory.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Among the earliest to scale online retail – and with a clear vision of how the internet could revolutionise shopping with convenience and speed – it captured market share faster than many rivals.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Our earliest ancestors began to walk on two feet about four million years ago, but how they were using their hands remains unknown to us.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson