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"Patients would sometimes end up in the emergency department, or they would not want to take it again because they thought, 'This isn't going to work for me,'" she said.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

"I've been doing this work for 30 years" yet the authorities "still haven't succeeded in criminalizing me," said Ramos, who is based in Nuevo Laredo, in the troubled state of Tamaulipas.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

“All the typewriters were stolen; you couldn’t work for a more shady person,” he told the podcast.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Tom Youngs previously credited the farm work for helping him with his loneliness following the death of his wife, Tiffany, shortly after his retirement from the game in 2022.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

“I had to take the morning off work for something that doesn’t concern me because Marlene” —he jutted a thumb at his wife—“forced me to.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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