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Her decision is making for some uncomfortable home-state politics.

From Slate • May 30, 2026

I already stuck out, given the crazy clothes I loved making for myself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

She said that she had a marine biology assignment due Friday and a midterm Monday in an evolutionary medicine course, and that she had not saved the readings offline, making for “a stressful morning.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

China's AI moment has been in the making for some time.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

She should be making for the corner of the kitchen where a little trapdoor opens into a cellar full of dust and mouse-chewed rugs and ancient trunks long unopened.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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