alone
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“When you’re alone with a story for so long, people saying they relate to it is the best gift.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
The merit board alone reported 20,335 pending appeals that year, four times its usual load, filed by workers swept out in the mass terminations, and with Harris gone it could decide none of them.
From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026
In the last five sessions alone, they have been hit with a drawdown of 3.1%.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026
“I can’t leave the broth alone for long.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Mr. Kan had died at the underground address; she came to us alone, a stooped, white-haired woman who startled at every sound.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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