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“I write to make amends,” she reflects, describing a lifetime of studying Cuba as a kind of penance for what she calls being “the chosen one” that spring day in 1963.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The hotels are chosen based on the story’s creative and logistical needs, an HBO spokesperson said of the show’s departure from the Four Seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Yet almost three weeks on, the British government has chosen to say nothing.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Crow, 64, bought both properties through a trust managed by her longtime financial manager—having chosen to relocate from a remote 150-acre farm to the Nashville estate when her children were getting ready to start preschool.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

None of us wanted to tell Max about this change, but I was apparently chosen.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith