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“And they told me, and I was like, ‘Oh, this sounds like an interesting project, something that we ought to be involved in, and really listen to these locals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“I don’t think there was any question on the executive board who ought to be the union’s 10th international president.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Instead, he told me he'd "brought it straight forward", understood to mean speeding up the government review by Baroness Louise Casey of what ought to be done, not saying, "here's the plan".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In response to this, Thune told reporters that “maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes.”
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
But she helped Nim clean the sand out with fresh coconut juice, and then Fred hinted that they ought to eat the coconut now they’d opened it, so they had it for lunch with bananas.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
