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“Two coaches meet at half-court and they shake hands, correct? Ever see it? They announce it on the loudspeaker. I waited there for like three minutes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Yet they have to correct for a yearslong decline in employer response rates to BLS surveys—which does not negate the data overall, but certainly makes preliminary calculations a bit more unsteady and speculative.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Gorczynski said you did exactly the right thing by reviewing your return to ensure everything looked correct.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
They too have completed commercial DNA tests which indicate their suspicions were correct.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
“You are correct that an abolitionist wants to bring an end to slavery across the land,” Aunt Kitty said, her words coming out tight and clipped.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
