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However, that will likely take some time, especially as SpaceX’s stock is expected to demonstrate considerable volatility for weeks to come as insiders exit lockup periods and become able to sell their shares.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 2026

After three years of thoughtful interventions, the woman, since married and raising two children, had become able to participate fully in her life.

From New York Times Jul. 23, 2021

They arrived in an Australia where Aboriginal people had only become able to vote, or counted in the census, two years previously.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2020

“With all this experience I’ve accumulated over time, you become able to read the ice just looking at it,” he said, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2020

And lo! he had become able to confront the divine radiancy of the daughter of Jupiter, and of all that she should show him.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.




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