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An October 2024 launch party with Will Smith and Alicia Keys proved premature, as rushed work left hotels riddled with construction problems and unable to open without hundreds of millions of dollars of fixes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
By last fall, work on the Line all but halted as the PIF appeared to shelve the project, former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
She took sick leave from work, as she had done for a previous miscarriage at eight weeks, because "there was no other provision".
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Phillips, who has a history of high-profile emergency management work, first mentioned the incident in online discussions and later expanded on it in interviews.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
I work to organize it all quickly, properly, so the words that need to be said come out the right way, so there’s no way he can misunderstand.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.