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He said he wanted "to continue to build on our great legacy on and off the pitch for our fans, our players, coaches and staff, and our community".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The friend then told Hirschi that Bridges wanted to get in touch.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The most dissenters from the rates policy was two, in July, and both wanted no more than an earlier quarter-point cut.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Fred, a bald man with a military bearing, came to the door and stared at me blankly when I said I wanted to talk to him about the Sunday service.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom