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tales

[teylz, tey-leez] / teɪlz, ˈteɪ liz /




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Send your tales from the trek to [email protected].

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Short stories from Hemingway’s tales to “Brokeback Mountain” and 2017’s “Cat Person” have long been source material for movies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Because either McCluskie is one heck of a con man who rolled both Becerra and Williamson, making both believe what was happening was kosher with entirely different tales, or someone isn’t being entirely honest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

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

I’d make up stories about it: tales of a land that only existed in Bubbe’s attic, with a princess imprisoned in a tower and a monster standing guard outside the big bolted doors.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler



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