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Wild boar, he tells the BBC, have become a particular problem, causing "a huge increase in traffic accidents and transmission of diseases".

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He reserved particular ire for Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, both of whom he had appointed.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

But said she also pointed out complaints about how insurers, and State Farm in particular, have handled claims.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Without resorting to jingoism or over-sentimentality, he began to write with increasing tenderness about his native country—its climate, its countryside, its particular temperament.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I had also chosen to stop talking then, not for any particular reason beyond that after a hundred years, you get a little tired of being the last one left in a conversation.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman