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“They care about baseball here. It’s a fun environment. If people weren’t a little upset and a little, I’d say, passionate about what happened last year in the World Series, maybe they’re not real fans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Whatever the end game, it looks like oil prices are likely to stay higher, maybe much higher, for longer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

"The American closed-proprietary models are probably better, but maybe just not by that much," says Selina Xu.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

“If the news had called Cindy a mother instead of a stripper, then people and maybe even the police would be more concerned,” she told the paper.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

A boy whose cousin I danced with, maybe?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse