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“The holdup quite frankly is Marty Makary,” said Richard Burr, the former North Carolina senator who now leads a pro-vaping group, the Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“The Geffen Galleries didn’t come to fruition overnight. And frankly, nothing that changes the status quo ever does,” Mitchell said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Earlier, solicitor Nicola Ryan-Donnelly, from law firm Fletcher's, which is representing 22 of the injured and traumatised children, said the findings were "disturbing and frankly depressing".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

He added that extreme declines like those seen Thursday, “or frankly over the last three months, are not based on investors selectively applying AI risk on a company-by-company basis.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

“Um, okay,” he said, although frankly he and Hassan had plenty of other things to talk about.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green