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It’ll probably deliver record earnings in 2026, partly supported by a production recovery, says the brokerage, which forecasts the company’s copper-in-concentrate production to climb 124% and gold output to surge 565% from year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

That’s partly what makes the movie unsettling: the backroom aesthetic is unsettlingly generic, a space that exists everywhere and yet nowhere.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

Stokes, whose workload as an all-rounder is considerable, explained that the move down to number seven was partly to ease the burden on his shoulders.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“My German grandmother, on whom Lina is partly based, was terrifying,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Of course Zhenya’s breezy tone was partly meant to reassure her anxious parents.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein