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A biographer of Celan must decide how to come near poems that seem to resist approach, and a life that has been embalmed by its own legend.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

"Or else the ravens would suspect that something was off and wouldn't come near it," says Loretto, now at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

Under these conditions, we expect real GDP growth in 2026 to come near the low end of our projected range of 1.75%-2.25%, but the risk is skewed to the downside.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

"They'd get our numbers, they'd come to the schools, they'd come near my house, they'd come everywhere and they'd look for us and find us."

From BBC Feb. 21, 2024

When it growled if Zeke tried to come near, when it sometimes even bared its teeth at him and barked and chased him out of her room.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness




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