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But when the economy picked up, a rebound in births never came.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Around the time Williams picked up her Beverly Hills abode, she was ready to bid goodbye to her home in the Bel-Air neighborhood.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
By contrast, Tim Payne, a defender picked for New Zealand, was recently nicknamed the tournament's "least-known" footballer, with fewer than 5,000 followers.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
“We had a slowdown in labor demand, and now it’s picked up again,” said Guy Berger, a labor economist and senior fellow at the Burning Glass Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
In the middle of the clearing, near a pinewood long-fire, a group of women sat on willow-branch mats, talking quietly as they shelled hazelnuts and picked over a basket of juniper berries.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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