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Mixue is the largest food chain in the world, with over 50,000 locations, but it’s hardly known in the U.S.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Applications for foreign citizenship have reportedly exploded over the past couple of years, for reasons I hardly need to explain.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Still, the profit boom is hardly restricted to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

But that’s hardly surprising, and tells us little about the true underlying sentiment on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Tansy could ring the real bell-tower bell now, but she’d fallen in love with that durn cowbell, which was hardly ever out of her hand.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck