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His fusion of speaking and singing allows him to ramble as he embraces absurdity, non sequiturs and free association with a stand-up comic’s sense of timing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Blockaders even developed a legal argument to justify their actions, drawing on the common law defense of necessity, which allows someone to break a law to achieve a greater moral good.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

To investigate how the brain turns social information into action, the researchers used zebrafish, a model organism that allows scientists to monitor brain activity at the level of individual cells.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

The Cube's design allows people to visit their loved ones, he says, explaining that during previous outbreaks "patients were separated from their families and communities and were often reluctant to seek treatment".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Real casual, he allows as how if I was to drag a grapple along the bottom, I might hook up on my traps.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick