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[tom] / tɒm /




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Popular rom-com author Emily Henry, whose 2021 novel “People We Meet on Vacation” was made into a Netflix movie starring Emily Bader and Tom Blyth, was also happy with her role.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Back-row twins Tom and Ben Curry, winger Tom Roebuck, Asher Opoku-Fjordjour, and in recent weeks, fellow front-rowers Bevan Rodd and Luke Cowan-Dickie, have all missed large chunks of action.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Both CNN and NBC News projected Hilton, a former British political strategist and Fox News commentator, had enough votes to maintain his lead from third-place candidate Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge manager.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In the race to replace Gavin Newsom as governor, an initially messy field tightened into a three-way race between Democrats Xavier Becerra and Tom Steyer and Republican Steve Hilton.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In the three years he’d lived with Tom, no one had come to visit.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste




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