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Dartmoor hill ponies have been on the landscape for 4,500 years but numbers have declined - there were 6,000 on Dartmoor 25 years ago but now there are less than 1,000.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

The BBC has reached out to Min Min Soe Shwe's lawyer and family, but they have declined to be interviewed.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Domino’s shares have declined 28% this year and now trade at 16 times forward earnings—the lowest level since 2012 and cheaper than most restaurant names.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

These jobs peaked at 2.48 million in 2023 and have declined steadily since then.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The populations of nesting birds in general have declined as much as 90 per cent in some of the sprayed towns.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson