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Until we can all get on the same page about the ways in which we are willfully misunderstanding each other and calling it discourse, it won’t get better.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Nobody was better at playing a very handsome guy, the center of attention, who was also nonthreatening, not above a bit of slapstick, a little silly—above all, likable.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Proponents of hourly matching—where electrical emissions are calculated at the source on an hourly basis—say that such emissions reporting would be more accurate and better drive decarbonization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Qatar lost all three of their group games at their home World Cup in 2022 and I don't see them doing much better this time.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
I know better than to argue, so I give him the response I know he expects and he pays a hundred bucks for sixty tickets and hands us each thirty.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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