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These numbers cannot convey the giddy, fearful delight of being physically coupled to this 6,371-pound hammer when it leaves Thor’s hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Adriana Gonzalez said she was asleep when she got the call that her father was being detained, prompting her to storm out of the house without shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Nuclear is also being beaten on price as the costs of wind and solar have gone down, Aylett points out.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

There are far too many Americans who, frustrated with the frozen job market, have just noped out for the time being.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

Despite being undead, he’d grown into adulthood: his fur patchier, his whiskers more snarled, his eye socket wider.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman