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It is plausible that some of the details he hoarded about his associates could have been used to pressure or influence them, though there is no evidence that this occurred in Gates's case.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I’ve seen community health workers in action in Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Malawi, among many others, as well as in Congo’s Ituri province, not far from the town where this current outbreak occurred.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Other bouts of frenetic, rollercoaster volatility occurred during the Asian contagion of 1997, the dot-com crash of 2000-2001, the global financial crisis in 2008 and the pandemic in 2020.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Notably, its trend has been remarkably consistent; the last weekly losing streak of more than two consecutive weeks occurred 10 months ago.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

It never occurred to me to spend much time thinking about his interior life, or even that he had one at all.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse