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“Mark wasn’t just the Father of Emerging Markets. To my family and me, he was a dear friend.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Holding on for dear life and finally landing the Green Jacket provided 36-year-old McIlroy with a sense of liberation.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
May I order you a pine-tree air freshener, my dear?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
The American pope, who became head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics in May, is a vocal defender of migrants, an issue which was also dear to his predecessor Pope Francis.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Thus live, dear Maggie, until God brings me back to you; and then … we will resign ourselves to a passion sanctified by love and marriage … Let us live for each other.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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