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She shows us an expense statement suggesting Fuller himself booked her flight home from Palm Beach, following her second shoot at Epstein's home.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

“I remember leaving work early one day because I had a photo shoot at Time magazine.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Police officers, for example, are often trained not to shoot at moving cars.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

The senior U.S. official said the likelihood that Iran will shoot at the American ships involved in the blockade once they start seizing tankers is low, because their defensive capability has been so decimated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

When a German pilot shot down a Pe-2 dive-bomber and found that a woman had been flying it, his commanding officer told him: “Don’t mention it to anyone. We don’t shoot at women.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein


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