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Just minutes before our interview, a hotel staffer came by to shake JOP’s hand, as if the two had known each other for years.
From Los Angeles Times
Analysts have been waiting for a ruling on the tariffs case, with many expecting it to come by the end of January.
From Barron's
It also felt like something only you could make, and that is rare to come by in our line of work.
From Los Angeles Times
She believes additional gains will be hard to come by in 2026.
From Barron's
Good information remained hard to come by, right up to the invention of the internet—as anyone who remembers card catalogs can tell you.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
