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It was beyond disconcerting to hear the Iranian foreign minister on Sunday sounding like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky circa 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Though overwhelmingly orchestral, they nevertheless embrace the warm sun and tight community that defines the story’s setting in Clarksdale, Mississippi, circa 1932.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

There are also early songs by Alexander Zemlinsky, Alma Mahler and Erich Korngold, members of the Viennese musical elite circa 1900 and, like Weill, ultimately emigrés to America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

AI isn’t the internet circa 1999 — it’s real, already embedded in products and business models — but markets don’t trade on logic, they trade on narrative.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025

OPPOSITE: Map of the world, circa 1700, showing Maria’s voyage.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman