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In the voice notes, Berry says he was initially aghast, but then decided: "I thought it would be interesting to go anyway… not really intending to do anything."
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
What initially appeared to be little more than a badly damaged silver coin may instead preserve an unusual record of how something went wrong during the early days of mechanized coin manufacturing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
He initially envisioned a different version of the story with Anne Hathaway, who had played a character based on his mother in 2022’s “Armageddon Time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
OpenAI raised less than half of what it initially targeted for its latest funding round at a lower-than-targeted valuation of $1.25 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Although she'd initially fretted about the pregnancy, Marsha mourned the baby's death and insisted on giving him a name and a family burial.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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