tales

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The $12 billion fund is one of the largest publicly traded business development companies, and its credit stumbles have become one of the sector’s cautionary tales.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

He told us tales of big brinjals, bright pumpkin flowers, sprite okra that grew in the farmland in what’s now Bangladesh, where he grew up.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

Lori Inglis Hall delivers, in Malcolm Forbes’s words, “an engrossing novel whose twin tales have emotional depth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But there are no tales of lost toenails or infected blisters for her.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Gram told me that as a little boy, he was never interested in hearing fairy tales or reading books together like she and I did.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish