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Appeared in the February 18, 2026, print edition as 'Mamdani Sees Property-Tax Hike Of 9.5% as Way to Fix Budget Gap'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“What I was looking for was a good fit for me. A program that sees the right potential for me. Sees a path for me to develop.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Shortly after the first archeologist death a few months following the tomb’s discovery, newspaper headlines blared about the “Curse of the Pharaohs” and claimed, “Famous Spiritualist Sees Occult Reason for Fatality.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022

Wenzel’s rhyming text begins: “Inside Cat knows many windows, finds a view wherever it goes. Wanders. Wonders. Gazes. Gapes. Sees the world through many shapes.”

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

Sees me waiting for him on his steps and says I must have a head as thick as a coconut; didn’t he already tell me that the paper wasn’t worth nothing?

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor