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He and his family stayed about an hour and a half, and by then his kids were so tired that it was time for bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The city says it expects 650,000 visitors—more than the roughly half a million people who live within the city limits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

CEO Jensen Huang has said the hardware is in “full production,” with sales expected in the second half of the year.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Resident doctors make up nearly half the medics working in the NHS and two-thirds of them are BMA members.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

And the postman and the trolley motorman and half a dozen policemen from the Haarlem Police Headquarters just around the corner.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom