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Labelled as planet X, prominent astronomers had put it forward as an explanation for Uranus’s orbit, which drifts from the path of orbital motion that physics would expect it to follow.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

For Gulati, who had put so much into that bid, it was a crushing setback.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

In March, executives said that over the past year, they had put bras back at the center of the Victoria’s Secret brand.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

If you had put $100 into Amazon in 1997, you’d have made almost half as much from it alone, $280,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Maximilian flattened the folds of his new shirt and pointed to the neatly written name tag the teacher had put on his chest when he’d arrived at school.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix