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"We're responsible for their medical treatment, whether they do get treatment or they don't get treatment," Ficker says, "so there's often a lot of guilt associated with that - and that's normal."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"People were panicking, running here and there. We're evacuating for the time being... and trying to get to the hills," he said, adding: "My family is safe. No one was harmed."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
It turns out that empathy can be particularly useful in a venture capital world where star founders often get to choose their investors – and not the other way around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The suit alleges that shortly after it began Said continued to get assignment requests from David Herndon, then head of ABC’s Los Angeles bureau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. Maybe we can get her to close the shop early?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
When the butchering is over Then the farmer feels so-so; But he’s always sort of worried, Fears the cider’s gittin low.
From Time ● Oct. 15, 2015
Then he says, ‘We must be keerful, For the cider’s gittin low.’
From Time ● Oct. 15, 2015
Which, as she was born in the Bronx, is pronounced "We gittin they!"
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2014
“Listen to me, Jeth; you’re gittin to be a sizable boy. There’s goin’ to be a lot of things in the years ahead that you’ll have to stand.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
“Hush, now. Luster gone to git de surrey en take you to de graveyard. We aint gwine risk gittin yo cap,” she said.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Dennis Castillo's father won't rest until he gets help for his child.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Money should never be the motivation. The love is what will fuel you when it gets hard."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Plus, Flock moves to calm a backlash over its license-plate scanners and Instagram gets a new wordmark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
That small revelation — broccoli in hand, phone glowing red — gets at the gap Goldner says he built the app to address.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
“There was no other choice for you. Girls have options now. I’ve worked in the store, I do the books. I know I can run it until Ba gets home.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The 37-year-old star appeared onstage wearing a traditional Korean hat known as a "gat", featured in Netflix's animated megahit "KPop Demon Hunters".
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
They’re often depicted in traditional black hanbok and tall gat hats, which explains the Saja Boys’ costuming later in the movie.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2025
In this Bonnie & Clyde, female ambition is more dangerous than a loaded gat.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2013
As Bogart aged, he lost his defiance, leaving Warner Brothers for Columbia and trading his gat for a bow tie.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
Az sooin as Joe gat up t’ rails, Hiz e’en blazed in hiz heead; Exclaiming, thay mud just as weel A goan an robb’d the deead.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by William Aldis Wright
My experience, and that of Greg James, got me thinking about how we view pet bereavement and grief.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Hodgkinson twice got the better of Werro during her unstoppable indoor campaign - including to land her first world title in March.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“But I think it’s got to occur naturally.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The e-bike problem got the attention of former mayor Eric Adams in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Caesar curses, shakes his fists, shouting, “You’re a fool. I don’t matter. Get moving, George. You’ve… got… to make… the starting line. Mooo… ve.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
He told me he had gotten “at least 100 calls” since the local news item announcing the impending closure.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
In other words, valuations for the best-known AI-related stocks have gotten so high that they “embed decades of flawless execution,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
I’ve just gotten my first good look at the area, which is about 85 miles north of San Francisco, and I’m glad I arrived when I did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I've gotten used to big changes over these last few years, but I know that no matter what, there is no limit to the potential of this iconic franchise," Doncic said in his post.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
It all sounded so big and adventurous, but my lofty sentiments were squashed before I had gotten even halfway down The Mountain.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
On the day the disaster struck, Castillo was getting ready to go for a run with her father, Deinnis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
For months, “it was difficult to speak, and the radiating pain was so intense that even modest movement—from laughing to getting dressed to turning on the shower—was wrenching,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Mum-of-two Clare Boast had postnatal depression after the birth of her first child - she supports the strike but is concerned families may not be getting the help they need.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The couple isn’t planning on getting the bust appraised due to the high cost of the service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I know this town is already pretty bad, but we’re supposed to be getting better, not worse.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
