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Grammy Award winner Pink is hosting for the first time, and though the pop star lacks direct Broadway roots, her songs have been featured in the jukebox musicals “Moulin Rouge!” and “& Juliet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It currently lacks the policy tools to adequately address such crises.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

However, it lacks the downside protection that often is embedded in convertible securities since the Alphabet convertible preferred will automatically convert into common stock in three years.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

In an exchange with McFadden in May 2025, Mandelson wrote that "Keir lacks verve as does the Cabinet as a whole."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Especially in premodern times, most of the calories feeding an agricultural population came from a single crop—such as wheat, potatoes or rice—that lacks some of the vitamins, minerals and other nutritional materials humans need.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari