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Thus cleansed of expectation, you move through a series of smaller, even intimate spaces in which you are given free access to a literal universe of biological data.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"What that means in real terms is that everybody in life has to be given a fair crack of the whip," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He started as a contractor for $28 an hour, then was hired full time and given an equity stake valued at $10,000 that vested over five years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Noooo,” Sen. Thom Tillis said in his North Carolina drawl when I asked if Trump had given him a pair.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Willem and his family had given up their own living quarters and were sleeping in a corridor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom