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Marietta Williams, a 42-year-old education consultant and literacy coach for teachers in New Jersey, was recently notified that her annual fee was going up to $895, from $695.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

In treatment, it was posited to us this way: How bizarre that we feel comfortable going up to people and talking to them about their bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

"When I first started going up to Scotland, they had that place in Glasgow but I always wanted to go to Dumfries," he said.

From BBC May 2, 2026

So when he received a "shocking" letter 18 months later saying his monthly service charge was going up to £327 - a sum he "absolutely just could not afford" - he was stunned.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

We’ll be back about a week before term starts and we’ll be going up to London to get my wand and our new books.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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