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Jacob Tremblay embodies a young Kaczynski almost exactly as I have imagined him, minus the smiling and the forging of his mother’s signature.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
My wife has said roughly the same thing to me, minus the professional credentials.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Germany’s consumer-climate index, published Friday by the Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions and GfK, fell to minus 30.6 in its forecast for October, its lowest level since May, from minus 26.8 in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"I think the punishment has been very hard on the club for the last season. And to go into a new season on minus four. And the rest is not for me to decide."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Fine. We’ll do your idea, then,” Kim said, and when we got a B minus, she seemed to gloat about our mediocre grade.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
That’s a slight pullback from March, and the underlying data had both pluses and minuses.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
"The plusses outweigh the minuses," Maguire told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
Looking further ahead, they weigh the pluses and minuses of retiring early or late and pros and cons of pursuing and exploring a new postretirement job or career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
When minuses exceed pluses, up to $3,000 in losses can be deducted from taxable income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Mr. Ibis pushed his lower lip upward, then let his head bob from side to side, as if it were on a spring, weighing the pluses and minuses, seeing things from both points of view.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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