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What’s more, SpaceX threatens to overshadow just about any other company that might look to IPO later this year, except maybe for ChatGPT owner OpenAI and Claude developer Anthropic.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

All of xAI’s co-founders, except Elon Musk, have reportedly left the company, which Musk said was “not built right.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

She says her current work-from-home set-up reminds her of Covid lockdowns - except when she hears the sirens.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

All the plants are native, except for an olive tree he planted to remember the neighborhood’s past when olive groves filled the area before homes were built in the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Swooping down upon him with sharp talons thrusting out was a large bird covered mainly in white feathers except for its back, which was decidedly black.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el