anything

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By lying encouragingly, “Sure, pal, you can do anything you want to!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

She also declined to reveal anything about the exchange, saying, “He’s the one that initiated the conversation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

"From thinking she hadn't won anything, all of a sudden she was £1,500 better off," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

If anything, now is a better time to recalibrate expectations, and bolster resilience.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

And without my ever saying anything, I knew she understood all my own fears, about Papi, about the bombers that might come any day now, about the war.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo