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And behind the young faces at the gate in al-Mughayyir were much older settlers - at least one of them armed - standing with Israeli soldiers not far from the house.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Yet the car crash involving San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan generated a firestorm far from the Palo Alto street where he collided with an SUV on July 14.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has observed a rare supermassive black hole far from the center of a distant galaxy as it tore apart and consumed a star.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The emergence of such a force, cut off so far from any allies or routes to safety, was thus “an unlikely, unprecedented, and unrepeated development in human history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
A seabull, washed up on the shore, too far from where it ought to swim.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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