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It turns out, though, that Jerry is the one who isn’t ready for what’s about to happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

He walks over to the cat and picks him up, and in previous adaptations of this story, this might signal that a disturbing act of animal cruelty is about to happen.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

Do you really think that foreign governments are at this point, with a magnifying glass, looking at our markets and thinking something might be about to happen?

From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026

After all, what’s about to happen next in a war is one of the hardest things in the world for investors—or policymakers—to predict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

I don’t know if it was God’s way of telling me something important was about to happen.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy




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