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After his death on April 8 last year, Satrapi founded the Mattias and Marjane Ripa-Satrapi Cinema Foundation to support foreign students wishing to come to Paris to study filmmaking.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Biographers wishing he might slow down so they could catch up are out of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

That pattern goes back decades, with foreign companies often not wishing to risk the highly lucrative contracts they've secured by asking questions.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

It’s good the NFL isn’t as buttoned up as it used to be regarding its public image, although it’s probably wishing this story would go away.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

And that I couldn’t spend the rest of my life chasing his ghost, wishing for a life other than the one I was living.”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day