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"When we told him he wasn't getting home, he broke down badly," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Shares of Meta Platforms are once again getting squeezed by the company’s elevated artificial-intelligence spending plans.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Time in getting it done is not the priority,” he said then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
He hits with his kids, twins Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, and Leo and Lenny, who are getting “older and better.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Zara, Nate, and I are at the foot of the dock, watching the flurry of people struggle to carry their cardboard boats down the beach to the water’s edge, getting ready for the regatta.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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