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Watch “The Forsytes” on PBS if you will—better yet, search out the infinitely superior 1960s adaptation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The search operation is ongoing deep inside Iran for a second crew member, according to CBS, the BBC's US partner.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

And here, Orsolya’s sincere if haphazard search for understanding, visible in every fiber of Tompa’s affecting central performance, cleverly lets Jude expose the insufficiency in quick fixes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Goodspeed notes that recession-related search trends like “layoffs” also spiked in 2008 and 2020—just before the U.S. economy entered its most recent recessions.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Maybe it would have stayed that way forever if a certain visitor had not come to The Mountain in search of a certain kind of gold.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff