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Then the programs recalculate the growth rate of what’s left of your nest egg as you spend it down faster than you had originally intended.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Then she targets the tight spots, her fingers moving in piano-player like motions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Then again, there are plenty of ways to escape cricket without visiting the pub.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

I said now as the buttonhook in Betsie’s swift fingers sped up my shoes, “you could fit the fur hat right inside the bonnet! Then when you get outside, take the bonnet off!”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom