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The amount purportedly stolen is four times the sum that the same hackers -- according to the FBI -- siphoned from the platform Bybit in February 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
At the call, Musk revealed that both companies had empaneled “special committees” of purportedly independent directors to consider the transaction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The company is working on a locketlike Muse device that hangs on a necklace or keychain and will, purportedly, let you talk to your Muse when doing so via your phone is too much work.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Videos have emerged on social media purportedly showing explosions in the night skies in the Moscow region, and of a burning warehouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Then he offered a counter-rumor: two hard-boiled characters from the oil camps had purportedly been seen with Anna shortly before her death, and had afterward skipped town.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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