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Some restaurant operators are still delivering healthy traffic growth or taking market share from weaker competitors.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

"The infants that aren't being cared for where the deaths are taking place are disproportionately those that aren't desirable for adoption," it finds.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In Congress and other positions, Becerra earned a reputation as a cerebral, analytical politician who would fully commit to his positions after taking time to mull them through.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

They hold almost all of an atom's mass while taking up only a tiny part of its total volume.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

“See you later,” he says before taking off in the same direction as the other kids.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold