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"To get people talking about them and come across as the bad boys of the industry, the Houser brothers made it seem like GTA was encouraging kids to steal cars," said Mauco.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
"This is, by far, the strangest of the retron systems that we or anyone else has come across," says Gladstone Investigator Seth Shipman, PhD, senior author of the new study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
McManamon agreed that it was one of the most dramatic engagement stories that he had come across.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Occasionally, I’ve come across friends, family and acquaintances who don’t have a strong relationship to the genre, but are curious about how to forge one.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Naturally, she had never heard the word spoken, or seen it in print, or come across it in asterisks.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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