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River just keeps banging his head off the brick wall that is J.K.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Michael Wright had been due to head off to the States for a dream 30th birthday trip with his brother and had tickets for Scotland's group stage games against Haiti and Morocco.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

"So you pay the amount. An hour later, they say it’ll be in your account. But it's not there. And you cry, you scream your head off."

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

The trip passed pleasantly and as we entered the London station, all preparing to head off, she leaned over and quietly said, “That’s what I love about you Americans. You talk on trains.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

She wished right then that she was back home with her cousins, getting ready to head off to the Frederick Douglass School for Negro Children.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland




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