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Down a dark alley, I see guys with some of his friends engaged in a business of some sort.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“It was always something of interest to me, outer space and rockets and that sort of stuff.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

“It’s not a blip, what’s going on—there is a sort of larger spark,” said EPI President Heidi Shierholz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“There shouldn’t be some sort of untouchables list of people who are immune from enforcement.”

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

He had, in fact, gone into some sort of shock.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova