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“Vince . . . basically threatened to fire me if I ever brought it up again and read me the riot act,” Ventura explained on The Steve Austin Show.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
There are basically two schools of thought about what this latest bout of bad breadth might mean for the stock market in the fourth quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
We’re given to understand that losing this case might mean the end of the firm, and the whole business puts a strain on their basically very good union.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Charlotte Howard says "I'm basically carrying half a stone off my neck and shoulders"
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Decades later, the great Michelangelo runs into Leonardo in Florence and basically says exactly that.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
