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At the center is Mojtaba Khamenei, who was chosen by clerics after surviving the airstrike that killed his father and several other members of his family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The company separately announced that it had been chosen to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Heterogeneous Architectures for Quantum program.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

She writes, “I wondered why he’d chosen him, rather than Leila, as his focus,” and guessed at how Jim might work with women based on this first film: “I assumed wrong.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Rachel Khong’s irresistible puzzle of a second novel suggests it is a mistake to think we can force complex, nature-nurture identities in a chosen direction.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The first thing I see is that Karly and Sal have chosen to sit near us.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler