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If you’ve spent decades building something strong and secure, the goal now isn’t to make it dramatically bigger.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Then she spent time living in a convent house herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“That’s where I spent so much time, in this last remaining piece of China City,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

It makes sense, then, that he spent much of his time in ’90s celebrity culture fixated on O.J.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

We spent the next twenty minutes holding various pieces against the dress, trying them on Anna May, and discussing how she’d style her hair.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu