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"I've had Cronus since he was a spiderling, so I have a very paternal sort of approach," Sir Gavin once told the Telegraph.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It was a $40-million movie, and they were really sort of out there without anybody really looking at it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

"There won't be escalation. I don't think there needs to be. Look, the place is falling apart. It's a mess, and they sort of lost control," he told reporters on Wednesday.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“The market is anticipating some sort of agreement.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

But then again, it did have a sort of mid-twentieth-century look, and its history always seemed clouded, like no one’s stories about the place ever matched your own, so you stopped offering others your details.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith