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Paraguay’s first shot on goal didn’t come until the 73rd minute when Mauricio, a halftime substitute, took advantage of a slow-reacting U.S. defense to pull a goal back.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2026

His deal with SpaceX will likely be much tricker to pull off: It depends on the “establishment of a permanent human colony on Mars with at least 1 million inhabitants.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

In an extraordinary prediction, SpaceX's filing claims it can pull in over $28.5 trillion in revenue from its various markets.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

It was only in May that Chinese users began to meaningfully pull from the nation’s various crude inventories, starting at around 500,000 barrels a day, according to maritime risk and intelligence firm Vortexa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I pull out my phone and scroll through it, looking for what I missed.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam