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[may-bee] / ˈmeɪ bi /


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She used to rent out one of the upper apartments on Airbnb for a few days or maybe a week at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

If everything feels fake, maybe we’re better off getting outside and experiencing something real for a minute.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I want them to see these messages, and that maybe the ones who have supported him will say, 'Why are they here every week? Maybe I should be paying more attention,'" she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I ended up doing maybe 140 episodes of daytime talk conflict resolution, and people don’t even know it’s me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

As for our fellow refugees, maybe they had been too dazed, too traumatized, or just too tired to pay much attention to this young elephant that was wandering along with them.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo


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