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read

[reed] / rid /




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“Swalwell faces assault claims,” read the front page of the East Bay Times, stacked up at the Lucky grocery story around the corner from Swalwell’s rental home.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Browning said actress Annette Badland would read "a very moving" love poem about Anscombe by Dame Iris.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

A flag draped on a balcony overlooking the rally read "Tisza is surging", a slogan of Magyar's party, referring to the river Tisza, the same as the party's acronym.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

A lot of you read it, even the columns about bike racing, for which I am grateful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

I imagined Ma at fifteen or sixteen years old, unable to read or write, searching for a matchmaker.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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