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"There is value in having deadlines. There is value in having edges of the box you can't go past," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
While it is barely known outside the tech industry, its share price has soared around seven-fold this year, and in June it briefly became the largest Japanese firm by market capitalisation after speeding past Toyota.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The WSJ Dollar Index fell 0.4% — down three of the past four trading days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Argentina have won their past three semi-finals and lifted four trophies in this cycle - two Copa Americas, a World Cup and a Finalissima.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
She rolled her two good eyes and moved past him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Married at First Sight Australia stars say the show left them feeling unsafe and unprotected because their on-screen partners had criminal pasts which they were not told about, a BBC investigation can reveal.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Some of them are haunted by their pasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
But gone too is a sense that we understand each other’s pasts, and Nicole’s understanding of Birdie shatters into a mess of devotion and anger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
The studios gamely went along, ruining the lives of a number of their creative talent who refused to disavow their pasts.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
We’ve been so busy trying to rewrite our own pasts, we’ve blighted their present.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
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