folks

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Speaking of “Hacks” folks whose names do not rhyme with Schmanna Schmeinbinder, Kristen Baldwin offers one neat trick to fix stuff in general: “A modest proposal to Hollywood: Cast Robby Hoffman in everything.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

“OUCH. It’s almost painful to consider that these folks are SO bitter that they can’t ever laugh.”

From Salon • May 20, 2026

"Certainly in my country folks at the moment have a lot less money to go overseas. For the last three-four years they've tended to take more holidays at home," he says.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The inevitability of what is happening seems pretty clear for folks in the energy community, because of the timing of all this.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

When her folks finally found her, her teeth were chattering, and she was scared half to death, poor woman.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney