current events

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“They started development last fall, so you can’t totally blame current events like the Iran war or Venezuela,” Prétat said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

If the global COVID-19 pandemic didn’t wake you up to this, then maybe current events will.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The Young Guards was formed in 2021 by an elected representative of the LFI but in the face of current events has been disbanded.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

It also came from his own imagination, not from current events or existing intellectual property.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Every morning after she finished her exercises, she read the paper cover to cover so that she would be up on her current events.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray