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Stretch, Strategy’s main security—80 percent of which is held by ordinary retail investors—sounds like a dream investment vehicle for someone looking for financial stability.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Richard Charter, an Ocean Foundation senior fellow, told me in Bodega a decade ago that the California coast is “a public miracle” that was protected by ordinary people who saw it as “a global treasure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“We expect these laws to be understandable by ordinary citizens,” Blank said.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The demographic profile of this assemblage is too singular to be explained by ordinary mortality.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
The newt, although fairly common in English ponds, is not often seen by ordinary people because it is a shy and murky creature.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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