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From the outside it maybe looked like I could have just gotten in the car and driven away, but it wasn’t that clear-cut.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2026
“A lot of people have to be here for jobs, but things have gotten unaffordable,” he told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
“When we last left Sauron, he had just gotten the nine rings for men and now you discover that he’s already given some of them out,” Payne adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Some of them know they need glasses but haven’t gotten their eyes checked or bought their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Somehow, we had gotten caught out in the worst part of the weather.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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