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The second got more personal: “Someday, your children will come across your disgusting and inhumane question,” it read.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Have you come across a hotel marketing itself under different names online in this AI age?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Nearly every job listing I come across mentions AI in some way.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

“I didn’t want Billy to come across as a predator,” Anderson says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

I also mentioned that at a library in New Mexico I had come across notes from an unpublished interview with the Fairfax town marshal, who had investigated the murders of the Osage.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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