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Times Book Prizes’ Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, emailed The Times a missive on the Catapult news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the wartime missive written in code, creating a puzzle that went unsolved for more than 200 years -- until AI cracked it in a matter of hours.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The missive from Amazon Web Services Chief Executive Matt Garman said Amazon would invest more than $1 billion over the next five years into the communities, beyond what it has already committed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
However, another missive from the judge's chambers quickly overshadowed the hotel snafu that same afternoon: the jury had reached their verdicts.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Raynar Northbrook sat at his table, holding the latest missive from Lady Amelia of the Southern Lands in his eager hands.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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