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For the black-footed ferret staring back, the night was about to get strange.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Nvidia is on a bad run but things could be about to get much worse—if its stock chart is anything to go by.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Vrancken intervened on the touchline when it appeared that Magnusson was about to be sent back into the fray.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Noon Mass was about to begin when Ms. Machado entered the church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
I can see from the look on his face that Dad’s about to ask a million questions.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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