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“You just have to go where something is if you really want to be serious about it,” Dunn said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

He argues that companies with supply chains in China need to be serious about diversifying, or tapping government support to bringing production onshore, if they can.

From Barron's • Oct. 24, 2025

One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

"For me it illustrates that if we are going to be serious about cryptocurrencies in the future… there needs to be some kind of regulation."

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2025

Eddie,” she said after I chased down the ball, “I think you should be serious about this.”

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman




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