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[hohl] / hoʊl /






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Should one person go grocery shopping for the whole weekend and we just pay them back?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

I continually said, “No, we’ve got to go back and do it again. We’ve got to rewrite that episode. We’ve gotta redo this whole section,” as it felt so personal to me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The whole affair was tawdry, shabby, and cheap—designed to pander to downwardly mobile young men who felt angry at the world.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

"You can imagine the whole system as a finely branched power grid that becomes increasingly damaged with age: connections break down and currents stall," explains Dr. Maria Ermolaeva, the study's lead author.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Finally, she had taken one of E lined up with her whole family behind her.

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




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