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All were now fighting together to take back their country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I mean, I knew even then, it wasn’t my best story. It was something that I immediately wanted to take back and do over again.”

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

The three Myanmar Navy ships left Malaysia on Tuesday carrying 1,476 migrants, according to the Myanmar government -- the first of 5,000 that Anwar says Myanmar agreed to take back.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Oil, rates, and geopolitics dominated the conversation in September. Earnings and company-specific fundamentals are about to take back the calendar.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

But for the life of me, I could not figure out how to take back control.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin


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