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Bill didn’t care if Bare did her actual homework, she remembers, so long as she could tell him which companies paid a dividend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He also said the actual ventilation rates showed a "deficiency" in the design as the system was not able to achieve the rate it was supposed to.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
However, the researchers caution that this geographic pattern could reflect differences in coroner awareness and testing practices rather than the actual distribution of cases.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
To test how much of that nostalgia reflected an actual historical difference, I called alcohol historian Scott Martin.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
If it wasn’t her actual hair, what did she have that I wanted?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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