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In multiple interviews, Hadzabe members described their motivation to modernize as a way to benefit from the new economic opportunities amid shrinking hunting grounds and an influx of outsiders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Some cities have opposed short-term rentals on grounds that they diminish the housing supply for full-time residents.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Footage has emerged on social media showing screaming crowds fleeing the grounds in panic.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

She also forbade local police from cooperating with the agency in any operation conducted solely on immigration grounds.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“All these empty graves just for show. Marvellers scared of death, scared of their own shadows,” she said, thinking of the proper burial grounds in the Underworld.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton