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“The only thing in her refrigerator was bottled water. She ate all her meals at the office. She slept four hours a day. She worked in the office until midnight, or thereabouts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Why have a lawn if the only thing I’m irrigating is a tiny patch of grass? Then I just won’t have grass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
But "if it can prevent further acts of vandalism... then yes, I think it's a good thing", he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
"The biggest thing that I like about this golf course .. is that it's affordable," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Not twins, technically speaking, but eleven months apart is practically the same thing.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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