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Consider a historic footnote from World War II. Shortly after Pearl Harbor in 1941, all the Germans and Japanese in their embassies in Washington were sent under guard to the luxurious Greenbrier and Homestead resorts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Finally, insofar as Kagan cited to legislative history, she did so only briefly and in a footnote.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2026

Salieri may be a mediocrity, destined to be a footnote in the short yet indelible life of Mozart.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Kavanaugh seemed to quietly walk back this language in a footnote of a Dec. 23 concurrence blocking President Trump from deploying the National Guard in Illinois.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

These troubles would have ended as an interesting footnote but for one thing: these infinities and zeros are the key to understanding nature.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife