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It’s a joke with its own Wikipedia page, one economists tell on economists, about being stuck on a deserted island with a can of food and no way open it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Workers may be focused on how far they can stretch their own paychecks, not the macroeconomic outlook.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Mountbatten-Windsor, who has faced his own calls to testify for a congressional inquiry, has denied any wrongdoing from his links to Epstein.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

But China's own statements have been circumspect, saying it backs the ceasefire but hardly trumpeting its own diplomacy.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Holding to the trunk of a tree, he stole one last look at the small human whose destiny had been strangely intertwined with his own.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman