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Our nations of origin may be separated by distance, language and even culture, but on this night, Los Angeles was a city where we all came together as one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
But an even bigger reason is that we continue to know relatively little about its origin.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The Netherlands, Spain and Germany were the top three countries of origin for imports of finished steel in 2024, according to industry body UK Steel.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Iran's Mehr news agency reported fresh blasts of unknown origin in the south around midday on Monday, adding that they "appear to be coming from the West Coast of Bandar Abbas".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
To the fiercely inquisitive Greeks, the study of living beings had been intimately linked to the question of the origin of the natural world.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Despite its humorous origins, the CJP group quickly became a lightning rod for India's disaffected young people.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The origins of Smart Play shed some light on Lego’s chip move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
After spending the early 2000s as an engineer in Silicon Valley, he observed that the memory industry was slowly migrating away from its U.S. origins to Japan, then Korea and Taiwan.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
According to researchers from the University of Otago -- Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, the find adds to growing evidence that the origins of Aotearoa's birds were far more dynamic than previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Later, whenever Eisman set out to explain to others the origins of the financial crisis, he’d start with his dinner with Wing Chau.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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