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Now the time has finally arrived to find out whether they can live up to that moniker—or if they’ll succumb to its curse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“After about three to four council meetings, they finally understood the importance of actually banning these centers because the people cared so much.”

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

“Hydration breaks” will be introduced at roughly the 23rd and 67th minute of World Cup matches, finally fulfilling one of the TV networks’ most cherished desires: Chopping up soccer games to get in more commercials!

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Zidane, a second-generation Algerian immigrant raised in the concrete high rises of northern Marseille, was the talisman and face of a multi-cultural Les Bleus team that finally delivered the globe's biggest footballing prize.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Nor could I see the necessity for the complete undressing: when we finally reached the examining room a doctor looked down each throat, another—a dentist presumably—at our teeth, a third in between each finger.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom