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Federal prosecutors in Boston charged about 30 people, including lawyers formerly at Wachtell Lipton and Goodwin Procter, with a decadelong insider trading scheme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
National landscapes were formerly known as areas of outstanding natural beauty, and the North Pennines features heather moors, dales, woods and one of England's highest waterfalls High Force.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Madrid, a longtime political commentator and strategist, had set up his recording equipment at the Pico House, formerly a historic hotel named after the last Mexican governor of California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
According to voter polls — formerly known as exit polls — the top issue for voters was the cost of living, as expected.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
How can we account for the fact that Microsoft has been so successful recently, while IBM, which was formerly successful, fell behind but then drastically changed its organization and improved its success?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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