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That’s not to say, given the setting and the setup, which betokens tragedy as surely as Romeo meeting Juliet, it doesn’t throb with tension, let’s say, three-quarters of the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
When it was announced that he would make a media statement reporters scrambled to hear what he had to say.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Some fraud experts say the U.S. should scrap EBT cards and move to mobile wallet payments, given growing bot-driven crime and other means of stealing chip-card data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Bass: I could easily say Tom Bradley because of all that he did in his 20 years being mayor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
“I’m gonna go check on dinner,” Arlo says, escaping to the kitchen before we can say anything.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Lawyers for the Justice Department said in a court filing that Beatty has been a “troublemaking appointment” on the Kennedy Center board “from the beginning of her tenure!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
A lot of people said, “How could you walk way from Congress? You could stay there forever!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
All her life, Beatty said, she has felt compelled to stand up for her rights, especially as a woman of color.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
“To the degree that Republican candidates are distancing themselves, they’re understanding that they’re actually appealing to newer electorates,” Peterson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
"In the old days," Don Quixote had said, "knights won islands and kingdoms. They gave them to their squires to govern. I plan to do the same with you, Sancho, if you become my squire."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Armstrong signed off on it, with the company saying it was a significant concession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
But he framed her race as a choice between Kim and her opponent, saying the campaign’s messaging is focused on Calvert’s record.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
When engineers objected, saying they should focus on fixing existing platform issues, Coplan sometimes told them to build them with AI instead, former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
“I made a point of saying, ‘I’m not going to hover here for hours.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Sometimes he said he was off to look for food, but often he would excuse himself by saying that he had to see to Marlene.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
