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“These roadblocks keep coming up, and it can make you feel like maybe God’s trying to tell me something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
What I can tell you: Under the Affordable Care Act, subsidies are based on household income, not on assets or wealth.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Earlier this year, on my Facebook page, I asked men to tell me their experiences.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Chalong then left the scene, and phoned a startled journalist he knew who was in the middle of a live broadcast on YouTube, to tell her what had happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I tell her who I’m looking for and she assures me I’m in the right place and that Ford Stokes is one of the volunteers here.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"That tells us we can potentially tune electrical behavior by carefully controlling curvature at the nanoscale."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
"The stories he tells are about this land. The question is not whether we should claim Homer or not. His story is also ours," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
She tells her viewers to put their money into artificial-intelligence and tech companies and start making passive income, like she’s done by selling the lessons she has created online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Barnard tells BBC Newsbeat he feels he got into racing by the "skin of my teeth", due to the extreme costs it takes to climb the motorsport ladder.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Dad tells Aunt J and Arlo what happened in the car.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"It's something a lot of women experience," she told US talk show Live With Kelly And Michael in 2015.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Cardellini: That’s what Steve told me when I asked, “How’d you land on the umpire thing?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We’re not going to change humans, and humans make bad decisions,” Garrett Langley, CEO and co-founder of Flock, told The Post.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
"We've provided drinks and some meals," Annick Dodemont, who runs one of many local businesses supporting the firefighting operation, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“He said that you were having trouble speaking in front of your classmates for an assignment,” SJ told her.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Hegseth, though, is shrugging off the concerns, telling reporters the issue is “completely misrepresented” and that the service members have “everything we can provide them at every single moment.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
“They can plan ahead if you just give them the information. It’s not about perfection. It’s about telling people what to expect.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Then, it relented, acknowledging the passage didn’t exist and telling Turkle: “Oh, you are a tenacious and rigorous researcher.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He added feedback has been overwhelmingly positive with visitors telling his staff: "You should be very proud of your city."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Yet Phineas is alert, uncomplaining, and still telling anyone who'll listen about the accident.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
