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So when I read it, I was like, “Oh, OK. That’s like those five-page monologues that you don’t get very often to do for one character in one episode.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Ninety minutes of screaming in tune, which is what I do for a living — I’m not up for that yet.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“Europe stands now at a crossroads. We now have a rare opportunity to choose what we want to do for our future,” Henna Virkkunen, the EU’s top tech enforcer, said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

One of the best things you can do for your future self is explore these markets before you urgently need them.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

“Betsie,” I whispered when The Snake was far enough away, “what can we do for these people? Afterward I mean. Can’t we make a home for them and care for them and love them?”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom