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Campbell said immediately after the incident it was as if "the red mist lifted" and he and Turner went into a nearby common room and sat down at a table.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Even if you aren’t staying there, the property’s posh beach club, with wooden pavilions jutting into the sea, is worth a visit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Speaking over Zoom from New York, dressed in his typical wardrobe of black shirt and black sport jacket, Mungiu is wryly amused when I ask if that Dracula dig was inspired by personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The concern is that if one major company begins reducing its spending on the AI build-out, others may follow, potentially causing a broad pullback in tech investment and a significant market disruption.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Even if there were a doctor among the land rushers, they’d be journeying on.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
And believe me, I’m not Zen at all, but I can’t do the what ifs, because I will always come out on the wrong side of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The money is now yours, no ifs, ands, or buts.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
Don’t look back with regret or what ifs.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 5, 2026
“I’ve never seen this much negative coverage of any New York mayor. Fearmongering and what ifs count as journalism now?” one said.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026
He was, as I said, voluble, and having discovered that I had no shifgrethor took every chance to give me advice, though even he disguised it with ifs and as-ifs.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
