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The allure of this assignment, in her home city, is undeniable.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Inside the boxes were his photos of Monroe, organized with the “sleeve dated and with the assignment on the outside.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
In March, she was paid by a staffing agency to post a TikTok highlighting her trips to New York City and various beach locales while on assignment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Despite an accomplished career as a journalist—I’d led a team at The Wall Street Journal to a Pulitzer Prize in 1997—I was months behind on a freelance assignment.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
She’d forced him into a six-month-long joint research effort that far exceeded the scope of the two-page paper the homework assignment had called for.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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