arguments

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CLOVIS, Calif. — In the waning days before California’s primary election, the two top Republicans running for California governor delivered closing arguments in front of a friendly Central Valley audience Friday evening.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

But based on oral arguments, I think this may be yet another case that crashed into the shoals of Alabama’s terrible lawyering.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

One looks, however, for more sustained attention to the figure who ultimately anchored these shifting arguments in a new constitutional reality: Abraham Lincoln.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Both of these arguments have become less straightforward.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Suddenly, I understood everything: the arguments with Mamá, his inappropriate riddle for La Sirena the last time we had played Lotería as a family, the disconnected phones, his unexplained disappearance, it all made sense now.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall