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We have good banter, but I feel like I have no choice except to move forward on my own.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
No-one wants to talk politics, except to say that they think the whole controversy has been blown out of proportion.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Now, no plastic water bottles are allowed except the ones sold in the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
That made this an open-and-shut case, except nothing’s ever that way with Musk.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
“You tried, this time. But remember—you have no cards except the three for you, Opa, and Tante Betsie. There is no underground activity here, you don’t understand what they’re talking about. . . .”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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