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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

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

Lake Como is 29 miles long and 2.5 miles wide in some parts - you also come across a yacht club and an 'Aero Club' for the sea-planes that take off at regular intervals.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

He did, however, come across an old discarded rowing machine of Mr. Little’s, and becoming interested in this, carried it upstairs with some difficulty and spent the rest of the morning rowing.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White


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