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From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Korea’s new central banker, Shin Hyun-song, has the look of a Bank for International Settlements man — forged in Basel, handpicked by Seoul elites and installed just as the AI/semiconductor party was reaching full throttle.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Wembanyama’s handpicked fanatics were called the Jackals, and their orders from their leader were simple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Assembled around that famous table, Sir Keir's handpicked top team, who now disagree about how long their boss should last in his job.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
Even the project director of Socios en Salud—a small, studious Peruvian doctor named Jaime Bayona, handpicked by Jim Kim to run daily operations—told him so.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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