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Her assistant groaned over her calendar; Gloria would say “yes” when asked for help, even if it meant being two places at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
But that being said, you have to keep in mind that we are getting this information secondhand, it’s a juror note that’s being interpreted and characterized by Reddington.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
It is expected to conclude within six months of the panel being established.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Webb score is subtle and insinuating, but it could also be explosive, as in the devastating discovery cue dramatizing the heroine’s realization that she is being poisoned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Last summer, Jilly Bean insisted on being called Jillian.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
No longer content to coexist with natural-born beings or seeking to be more lifelike, synthetic humanoids lord over what’s left of humanity.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
"I believe that only then will we be able to begin to heal and move forward -- not as adversaries, but as human beings and as peoples equal in dignity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
It is the accumulated result of human beings freely choosing to work, create, buy, sell, save and invest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
This stuff has been designed intentionally to mimic human beings, and we are very, very easily fooled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Thus according to the common-sense view the science of extraterrestrial beings, if they exist and if they are intelligent, must, where it overlaps with our science, agree with it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
