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Some former law-enforcement officials said the process functioned as intended given that the gunman didn’t make it into the dinner itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Platitudes are for popsicle sticks and fortune cookies, not feature-length adaptations of literary classics intended to warn readers about how easily power can bleed into corruption.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

“The Devil Wears Prada” was and is the perfect example of a self-contained story, built by the studio machine but never intended to keep the apparatus running.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The Kings County Farm Bureau sued to challenge the Tulare Lake area’s probation, and is seeking to block the state from charging fees, which are intended to cover costs related to the state’s oversight.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Yet now the urgency of making such a request could not be denied, unless she and the children intended to walk to Swanburne.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood