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Depending on how it went - Scotland were warm favourites - this was going to be some sort of redemption for one and all sorts of retribution for the other.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

There will be “a continued turn towards industrial policy and state ownership, but under sort of written, codified rules, rather than ad hoc deals.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 15, 2026

There is sort of a poignancy to it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026

“There used to be a push for understanding any sort of civil or criminal litigation history,” says Shultz, who previously worked as a CIA officer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

It was sort of funny that I was right above her now.

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


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