anecdote
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The anecdote neatly captures the essence of Oliver Hilmes’s “Summer of Freedom: How 1945 Changed the World,” originally published in German in 2025 and now available in Jefferson Chase’s excellent English translation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026
He joked about AI's limitations with an anecdote at a lunch in Madrid, where he told guests that he had asked AI before his visit what he should say to Spanish bishops.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
But it was the article’s opening anecdote that drew the most chatter online because it portrayed Patel as hyper-paranoid.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
On the anecdote side, there are examples such as the Philippines declaring a national fuel emergency, South Korea restricting public-sector vehicle use and Australia seeing many fuel stations running out of gasoline.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026
An anecdote that Benjamin Rush, the Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, liked to tell in his old age makes the point memorably.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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