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Davidson referenced a New York Times article about trouble with their business venture, but said, “I cant spend $5 on a paywall when I have a kid on the way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2025

“Even when your coaches tell you can take a nap — ‘Close your eyes; we’ll be on top of things’ — for me, it’s like, ‘No, I cant fully switch off.’

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

“You cant understand it. You would have to be born there,” says the tortured Quentin in William Faulkner’s “Absalom, Absalom!”

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023

“I cant tell if she has me or Amos’s eyes,” Norton wrote on Jan. 30, 2020, after seeing the latest picture of Eden at the hospital.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2023

Caddy you cant do it if you are sick.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner