for what
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Merck’s 1958 launch of Diuril, an antihypertensive, helped open a market for what Mr. Werth calls medicine for people who “weren’t quite well but weren’t sick, either.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Norman told the BBC he wanted the government to apologise for what people like him had been put through.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Anybody who comes out today to pay respect for what happened on 9/11 is something we should all appreciate,” he said.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
That narrative, the switch, the whiplash of that made me feel like OK, so these last nine years have been for what?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Crackling sounds and sputtering voices were all we heard for what seemed like an hour.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
