public figure
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As SpaceX goes public, Shotwell is set to become a more public figure as well.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
"This isn't really an accusation, something from more than 30 years ago, but rather a public attack on a public figure," Fabian Fernandez, a 30-year-old accountant, told AFP in Havana.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
On Thursday, the judge ruled there wasn't sufficient "clear and convincing" evidence that the women made the accusation with "actual malice", as is required when a public figure is suing for defamation in California.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“Being a public figure, I’ve always sold,” explains Wilkinson.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
But there was a more recent author and public figure whose work spoke to the core of a new set of issues I was struggling with: the Bronx’s own Colin Powell.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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