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"I don't think Northern Ireland wants to be anywhere near the high lists in relation to this issue but we always have to remember that every single death is an utter tragedy," she said.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“I was attached to this Henry Darger painting when I was writing the book. I felt like that was a really accurate visual representation of little girls running away from utter chaos,” says Cash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

No is a powerful word for a leader to utter, especially in an agency that has to make go/no-go decisions with billions of dollars and human lives at stake.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Europe’s problem instead is an utter inability to decide what it actually believes about itself and the world, and to organize itself to act on that conviction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Or if those words are too difficult to utter, then say: “Not in the foreseeable future.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander