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Google and Apple are already closely tied, with Google paying out tens of billions of dollars every year to be the default search engine on the iPhone's Safari web browser.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

After signing a waiver, strapping on a helmet and paying a $30 fee, audience members can ride along in the passenger seat of a professional driver’s drift car.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

And he kept his investors on board by paying out “shares of the profits,” which often stayed on paper as they rolled them into new investments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Now, amid calls for Sir Keir Starmer's resignation, Westminster is paying more attention.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

I imagined Mrs. Kuen dropping by the shop under the guise of paying a social visit, innocently mentioning to Ma that she’d seen me with James.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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