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The creator of the statue, Alan Cottrill, told AFP on Friday that after months of waiting for the payments to come through, he had finally gotten paid in full two weeks ago.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Without AI, he might have gotten his way.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Stocks with hefty dividend yields have gotten harder and harder to find as more companies use buybacks to distribute extra cash.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Few have gotten more out of three ragged chords than Diamond did in his first Top 10 single.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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