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Yet two decades after Yunus’s Nobel win, few of those aspirations have come to pass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"It's just the formal change to the name that's listed at Companies House... required a special resolution that didn't pass," he said, adding that he did not know why Frasers blocked the change.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Saldaña hinted at a possible lawsuit should that measure pass, saying “we don’t see the legal viability” of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
You do not have to pass a security check when you pass back and forth between L.A. and Orange County.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Soon he is running on three legs sucking on his foot and that’s the way I pass a team which is resting, with my leader running on three legs sucking a foot.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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