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After we parted ways, I opened the envelope.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

TOKYO—Toshifumi Suzuki was a midlevel executive at a Japanese retailer when it opened the first 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

On another wall there's a 1984 Skyway BMX - somewhat timely given Downpatrick opened its new BMX pumptrack a matter of months ago.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

As of Sunday, evacuees were still not allowed to return home, and more shelters were opened to accommodate them.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

We’d promised each other that we’d be together when we opened the emails, but she still won’t talk to me, even though I’ve sent her about forty-seven hundred messages apologizing and trying to explain.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam