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The actual sum paid to the Al-Tadhamun Iraqi League for Youth was not more than a million dollars but less than half that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“That doesn’t match up with people’s actual spending patterns,” he said, since people typically have variable needs and wants as retirement progresses.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The actual sequence of thinking tokens can be a chaos of AI-invented shorthand, at times using multiple languages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Police officers who are called upon to respond do not know this is a prank and treat the call as an actual burglary in progress, thus creating a potentially dangerous situation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Sure. I love Birdie’s. That’s so cool you know Babs. From what I can tell, she’s more like the mayor of Driftaway Beach than the actual mayor.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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