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The proposals are symptoms of an aging population searching for someone else to pay bills that are increasingly difficult to cover.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Here's the secret: pretend you're making it for someone else.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a third-party debt collector may contact someone else, but only to obtain your contact details.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

The songs stop being about me as soon as someone else listens to them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Someone—it sounded like Elijah—yelled, “I’ll get it!” followed by the thump-thump-thump of feet coming to the door, and someone else, maybe Jamar, yelling, “See who it is first!”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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