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The challenge for Ellison will be to cut costs without the sort of austerity measures that defined Warner’s debt-reduction effort under Chief Executive David Zaslav.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

Delhi University student, Anjali, 25 from the eastern state of Bihar, said the "protest might have started with a social media trend, some sort of sarcasm... but it has turned into a movement of rage".

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

I don’t say that lightly; sure, we are lucky to have this sort of concentrated recognition, but it really doesn’t work without this entire ecosystem.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

This sort of ceasefire-in-name-only, however, is a familiar pattern to analysts, who say that this could serve as a preview of the long-term future of the Iran war.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2026

They still have no idea where they are headed or what they are doing there, only that they’re involved in some sort of cultural military organization.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly