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I read the articles about this most recent thing.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Together they read and discuss some of their absent host’s collection of Greek and Latin classics, including Seneca’s “Trojan Women” and Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Using sticky notes, booksellers had shared reflections on books they had read or highlighted passages they found particularly meaningful.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“You read a lot about AI and there are a lot of companies that their fundamental existence is being questioned because of AI and what it can do,” Williams said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I go back to my desk, pick up the flyer, and read it for a third time.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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“These are assets with qualities that cannot be replicated by technology,” the homepage reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The iron horse wants to run," a sign reads, alongside a phrase in English: "We want to be back on track."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Across the top, in chunky yellow letters, it reads “Phodega.”
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
But the list of female journalists he’s gone after in anger reads like a who’s who of the Washington press corps writ large.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
We put on our uniforms and sit down to our breakfast of tea and sesame-topped bizkochikos, our favorite biscuits, while Mima tidies the kitchen and Papa reads the newspaper with a pair of thick glasses.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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Nor, it turns out, did a lot of people in the audience, who hoisted signs from the American Civil Liberties Union reading: “Get the Flock Out!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
At the novel’s outset, María has just chosen to abandon her university studies and her Marxist reading group to focus on her true passions—partying and listening to the Rolling Stones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The letters’ full text makes for some pretty uncomfortable reading.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
But the trajectory of Scottish Labour's Holyrood results make for grim reading – they've lost MSPs at every election since 1999.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
And as if reading my mind, Lou says, “That scent is from my simmer pot. I just throw in some lemon peels, orange rind, and cinnamon sticks. Makes the house smell nice.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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