{
  "id": 14138203,
  "title": "HSC students braced for the ultimate curveball. Instead, they received a ‘gift’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hsc-students-braced-for-the-ultimate-curveball-instead-they-received",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/hsc-students-braced-for-the-ultimate-curveball-instead-they-received-a-gift-20261013-p6154r.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As 60,000 students sat down for the first HSC exam of 2026, English Paper 1, many were preparing for the worst. Instead, they received a “gift”.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "HSC students braced for the ultimate curveball. Instead, they received a ‘gift’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hsc-students-braced-for-the-ultimate-curveball-instead-they-received",
        "published": "2026-10-13T06:30:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}