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At this point in the journey, The Times, which had played along with the drama, abandoned its own sunk costs in favor of more traditional reporting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
He has abandoned his forebears’ gravitas to create a dynamic, exuberantly expressive sculptural language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
With character recognition rates ranging between 88 and 94 percent, the project has revealed information about the cathedral's daily life, its building work, its staff and the care of abandoned children.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
I have only seen a couple of patients emotionally nourished as children who abandoned their parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“I checked the occult bookstores, the spooky carnivals, the abandoned cemeteries, and all the obscure and little-trafficked corners of the city. Nothing!”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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