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El-Sayed told me that before this race, he didn’t “understand just how craven big money could get.”
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
“The sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something, anything that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up ‘behind bars.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s unclear how thoroughly the boat, which was documented in Stockton, was maintained or inspected before this week’s voyage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Naturally many of the executives had also cashed in stock and options before this happened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
I wondered if Hari’s parents were ashamed to admit before this dignified man that they had married so young and so sick a son to get money.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
