anecdotes

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Stories that rest on personal anecdotes always leave space for doubt, which could make the Times piece more of a Rorschach test for one’s existing politics than an election-shifting revelation.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

"But everywhere I go, people remind me of him and tell me anecdotes."

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

There’s documented marginalia and scribblings that suggest a serious reader, and anecdotes about her reciting poems at parties, reading Proust on set, and expounding on Whitman, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

The question is whether the California exits are isolated anecdotes, or a sign of an exodus.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

“In all gatherings he at once became the center of attraction, having a ready command of language and a constant fund of amusing anecdotes and experiences.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson