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It’s also about the yearning for a more optimistic era of musical storytelling, when goodness could be counted on to prevail and a happy ending might be delayed but only rarely denied.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Still, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other entrepreneurs shouldn’t presume that people of superior virtue will always be in charge and can be counted on to do the right thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

His size counted against him, and led to him being left out of county and school squads.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Typically, third-party payments made directly to providers are not counted as income, although they can count as “in-kind support” for SSI benefits.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

Actually, his third if you counted the twenty minutes it took to coax him out from under my bed and lock him up in his plastic carrier.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas