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“My mom made $34,000 a year, single mom raising three kids — she couldn’t pay $4,000 for me to play club soccer. Are you kidding? She couldn’t pay $400,” Donovan said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

And even while kidding, Kupp couldn’t help but say out loud what many Rams followers are thinking.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

This continued for days — in tweet after tweet, over and over and over again, he claimed he was kidding.

From Salon May 20, 2026

“Are you kidding me?…That just compounded the whole situation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

She jabbed her finger at the screen, and I could see that Professor McMillan hadn’t been kidding earlier—he really had already programmed the Glitch back to the Academy on the night it was destroyed.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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