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As promo spots showing the combatants in fight mode fill the airwaves, the Public Integrity Project watchdog group has filed a lawsuit trying to derail the event.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Only 13% of the companies surveyed said the improvement in ties was sufficient to change investment plans; 87% said it wasn’t enough or that they remain in wait-and-see mode.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
One is a mode of being, the other, of happening.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Platner, in damage-control mode, acknowledged that he was occasionally a lousy boyfriend but denied any sort of physical abuse, swore that he has cleaned up his act, and pledged that no more skeletons will emerge.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
I nod, and she shifts into apology mode.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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