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"I just thought it was crazy to put something like that in this community, with no forethought, no prior authorisation, not even asking the community," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
But he said he’s also looking to four prior ETF launches that were focused on hot themes and then “acted as contrary indicators in an extremely precise manner.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
However, a Max Malins try meant Saracens - without a win in five games prior to the trip to Bath - closed in again until Bath's Ollie Lawrence went over by the posts.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
He responded by telling the representative that he doesn’t own the rights to his prior work—and he doesn’t even have access to the materials being requested.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Dr. Norman Poythress from Taylor Hardin explained that Myers had told him that “his prior ‘confessions’ are bogus and were coerced out of him by the police through keeping him physically and psychologically isolated.”
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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