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Whether it’s a blockbuster trade that brought Doncic to L.A. or an untimely injury that sidelines the superstar guard at the most important time of the season, Redick is able to compartmentalize each day’s mission.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

A makeshift forward-operating base was set up inside Iran and used in the mission to rescue the U.S. airmen whose plane went down in early April.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Immigrants lived near the mission, and esteemed Spanish Mexican families lived in large mansions around the churches that dot Old Town in the mid-19th century — many came post-Spanish-Mexican wars.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

He reports a sighting of an unidentified object to Nasa mission control, describing a "bogey" and "trillions of little particles" seen to the left of the spaceship.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Either way, the eighteen-month mission of the most valuable spy the United States ever ran in Russia was over.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin