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“He especially enjoyed it when we’d have a story about some politician caught with his hand in the cookie jar, or a spicy feature about stuffed shirts behaving badly,” Willse said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
He has said that Trump has admiringly called him a "tough cookie" in private conversations, punctuating the point with a serviceable impersonation of the president.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
“That’s just the way the cookie crumbles,” said Ed Al-Hussainy, portfolio manager and global rates strategist at Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
“If you’re a kid and no one was looking at the cookie jar and the lid was off, would you take another one?”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
If it hurt as bad as all that, Sue was one tough cookie.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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