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One conservative critic who heard young Bruch’s comic opera “Scherz, List, und Rache” noted with gratitude that unlike Wagner, Bruch preferred “naturalness and simplicity” to “overpowering material.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
In effect, the steps acted like tiny rails, creating preferred pathways for quantum vortices to follow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Surely such powerful intelligence could translate discharge instructions into a patient’s preferred language?
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The core personal consumption expenditures index is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, and the most recent data showed it measured 3% year-over-year for August.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
He’d preferred cloudy weather and warm, soggy earth.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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