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Shares of EchoStar were down 12%, despite owning about 2% of SpaceX stock, which it got by selling wireless spectrum to Elon Musk’s rocket company.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Jenrick got by far the biggest job of the trio – housing secretary – in Johnson's first cabinet but before long was left far behind by his closest political friends.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
By Smithsonian magazine’s tally, Americans got by with a mere 20 million photocopies a year in the late 1950s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
In the third, however, he followed a leadoff single by Bryan Reynolds with a pair of wild pitches that got by Rushing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
The first had to do with the grown-up feeling I got by unlocking and locking the door.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
