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They held paper hearts aloft during Fine Line, and painted red lips on their necks, in reference to the star's latest album: Kiss All The Time.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026
His abstract painting "Doll Boy" -- a reference to his crush on the pop singer Cliff Richard -- caught the eye of the art dealer John Kasmin, who bought it for £40.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Employees also circulated an open letter that criticized Musk’s overall behavior, including a reference to the incident reported by Business Insider.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
In messages on Aug. 10, the two settled on a reference to private “hangar meetings” that Walker would slip into her message to Gates, specifically because, as Epstein put it, “he won’t forward that.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Once, in reference to winters in central Florida, she solemnly informed me, “We usually get frosts once or twice a winter, but this year we had ’em a couple of times.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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