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She said: "He'd gotten very ill recently and everyone was so worried about him. It affected his eyesight, but he was getting better. He was a visual person."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

After a successful trip around the Moon, everything has been going smoothly on the Orion spacecraft’s journey back to Earth – except for the $23 million toilet, which has gotten clogged.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

“Those who’ve gotten out call me and they say he’s like Google,” Marín said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

If you die before claiming Social Security, your wife gets 100% of your full-retirement-age benefit, not the amount you would have gotten by delaying.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

She’d gotten all that out of a thirty-second stop in the office.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows