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Recent Examples of yearsTen years ago, on Mother’s Day, Fiona Galvin reported her 17-year-old daughter missing.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026 Over the past 10 years, Quinn has seen an increase in challenging behavior and more emotions among her 6- and 7-year-olds, with a particular ramp-up since the pandemic.—
Stacker,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026 The trial was delayed for years because of multiple postponements, defense challenges over the use of DNA evidence, and the efforts of prosecutors to reconstruct events involving multiple victims across a five-year timeline.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026 The 308-pound calf was the first elephant born at the zoo in almost 25 years and only the third elephant birth in the zoo’s 136-year history.—
Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026 The event has been held annually for the past fifteen years, but this year there was an extra layer of sombreness to the proceedings, which the overcast skies seemed to reflect.—
Edwidge Danticat,
New Yorker,
30 Jan. 2026 Coming off a career-high 73 points and just 24 years old on a $7 million-per-year deal (a bargain relative to Kaprizov's soon-to-be $17 million per year), Boldy is entering his prime and the Wild are looking for big things from him.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Cazares begins most days at sunrise and works construction or as a day laborer throughout the city and suburbs.
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Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Sep. 2026
On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.
Rebuild Albina is 1803’s first project, focusing on transforming current and future generations of the community through investments in education, place, culture and belonging in the Albina area.
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Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2026
As cofounder and frontwoman of the Bags and the Alice Bag Band in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, the pioneering Chicana icon has served as inspiration for generations of women in rock music.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Sep. 2026