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In an exclusive excerpt from his new memoir, “Roll the Calls,” the Endeavor co-founder reveals the bare-knuckle strategy behind the takeover of the William Morris Agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
An excerpt from Gurba’s new book, “Poppy State.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Sam, who now lives in Swansea, has recently been looking through his care files and shared an excerpt with the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The following excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Take this excerpt from a 340-word soliloquy in a novel by Rebecca Goldstein.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Kevin Bryan, a University of Toronto professor who specializes in the economics of innovation and artificial intelligence, also ran excerpts through Pangram, noting that every selection he pulled came back as 100% AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The video, made in collaboration with faceless director Lauzza, features buildings shuffling on beat and other excerpts of British culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Following the release of excerpts from Spencer's new book, a source told the Sun that a "grief-stricken Charles fought for his ex-wife to have a royal funeral", the paper says.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
But although no other media outlet has independently confirmed the letters’ authenticity, they match excerpts the New York Times quoted in a 2024 story about Harp joining the White House.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Cars honked and shoved busily past, sending out fleeting excerpts of whatever hot new single was getting overplayed on the radio.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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The coming-of-age stories of four women the Times evacuated are chronicled in the forthcoming book “The Last Free Women,” excerpted below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A portion of their conversation, edited and condensed for clarity, has been excerpted below.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
But his brother Craig’s memorializing of him, “Armed Only With a Camera,” is oddly uninvolving, more an excerpted flipbook of Brent’s far-flung assignments than a meaningful portrait of excelling at a dangerous job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms.
From Barron's ● Dec. 6, 2025
Consider the “virtually” in the letter of recommendation excerpted above.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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Cowley worked his magic again in launching Jack Kerouac’s career, spending years talking up and excerpting “On the Road” in magazines before publishing the 1957 Beat touchstone with Viking to immediate acclaim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
They also build on something search engines have already been doing, excerpting the most essential parts of existing content to save you a click.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
Its formula is to hire two or three reporters per city and fill out newsletters by excerpting stories from existing local outlets.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
They have also accused Mr. Durham of putting forward a misleading portrayal in his indictment by selectively excerpting fragments of their clients’ emails, omitting portions that showed their clients enthusiastically supported the final analysis.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
Comparison with passages preserved in the Balawat extracts shows that the work of excerpting has been badly done by the editor of the third edition.
From Assyrian Historiography by A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck) Olmstead
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