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“We tried configuring an off-the-shelf tool for our cycle. Too many fields we don’t need, missing the ones we do…So I just built what we needed. Took a night and a morning,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

But only one—according to “The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo”—was taken by the credited cameraman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Took the ball in good areas and went into midfield from left-back, as he does for his club side Manchester City.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025

Took a more than decade; cost more than double.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 25, 2025

A journal entry of Great-Grampy JonJon’s: Took a photograph with Jack in our childhood bedroom today.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone