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tales

[teylz, tey-leez] / teɪlz, ˈteɪ liz /




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There are scripted, story-specific beats, but the cards pulled — and the tales they tell — is, of course, randomized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

We’d love to hear it and will relay some of the best tales a week from now in the Markets A.M.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"Things that just a few months ago you might have considered buying have now become dreams and fairy tales," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The siblings concocted complex lineages and histories for their countries, writing Angrian and Gondalian tales and verse in tiny homemade books.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Grimm’s fairy tales would have been suitable, given her recent experience in the German woods.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood



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