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[pop-yuh-ler] / ˈpɒp jə lər /




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Popular rom-com author Emily Henry, whose 2021 novel “People We Meet on Vacation” was made into a Netflix movie starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, was also happy with her role.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In a post on the Popular Information report on Substack, I assessed the Iran war’s cost at $71.8 billion through 60 days.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Popular throughout New England in the late 1960s for their vocal-harmony ballads and club performances, the Tavares brothers—first performing as Chubby and the Turnpikes and then as just the Turnpikes—struggled to gain national exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Popular swimming and surfing spots tend to have measures to protect against attacks.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Popular imagination and ignorance with respect to his past lent Barrabas the most mythological characteristics.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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