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On Monday, Tehran announced the creation of a new body to oversee the strait and charge vessels for transiting the waterway, which Iran has reportedly been doing since early on in the war.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
"I think a lot of people get put off very early on because they don't see any role models or people like them in some of the places they look," she said.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
She says she connected with Eminem's work early on - especially the feeling of being out of step with the world around you and turning that alienation into music.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
She added, “I decided early on that I didn’t want to play just the girlfriend of the person doing the stuff. I wanted to do cool stuff, too. I have avoided being typecast.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He was marked early on by his orphaned state, his displacement, his zealous skeptical mind, his aloneness.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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