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Unless perhaps it’s the most courteous thing you can do for fellow players?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

And the core insight — that viral footage of lawmakers enjoying themselves while their constituents suffer can generate real pressure on them to do the right thing — is sound.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

When Peter Rona warned him that earlier politicians who had attempted the same thing had quickly dropped the "modern" when circumstances demanded, Orbán replied: "Then so be it."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“They would remember getting it in the mail, and it was the first thing that got them interested in sports,” Neirotti said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

She wanted to do the thing he’d asked her not to do and run off.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith