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She said: "He'd gotten very ill recently and everyone was so worried about him. It affected his eyesight, but he was getting better. He was a visual person."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

After a successful trip around the Moon, everything has been going smoothly on the Orion spacecraft’s journey back to Earth – except for the $23 million toilet, which has gotten clogged.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Bass said that based on her conversations with officers, “the internal part of the disciplinary system has gotten a little better.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Humira is just one example, but it’s a fascinating case study for understanding how healthcare costs have gotten so horribly out of control and what’s needed to fix it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Gandy had gotten his feet and head through the mesh in the net and the rest of him was so tangled up in the cord that I couldn’t dump him out.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls