odyssey
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At the precipice of an odyssey that will challenge the half-lives they’ve lived so far, the sisters’ anger is palpable.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
While rescue workers have exhausted themselves in cold water, the odyssey has also featured heated rifts between veterinarians and self-proclaimed "whale-whisperers", fundraising scams and esoteric attempts to heal the whale through chanting.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Recalling the day in a recent interview with The Times, Cook quickly turns indignant about the bureaucratic odyssey that yellow slip launched.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
On his odyssey out of slavery, David George settled in the Carolinas, then Nova Scotia and finally Sierra Leone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Abigail aligned her responses to fit alongside her husband’s own internal odyssey toward the inevitable.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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