reference

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In messages on Aug. 10, the two settled on a reference to private “hangar meetings” that Walker would slip into her message to Gates, specifically because, as Epstein put it, “he won’t forward that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Still, the reference to 1930s-era Chicago law enforcement was apt, because it was an era of police lawlessness, where unconstitutional practices like the third-degree were justified as necessary to stopping organized crime.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

"I had a dilemma before I started because finding a reference for the shops that I remember was really tricky and I don't think I could have done it justice through memory," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Additionally, a reference to the vapor release came in a hazardous materials spill report issued on May 21 by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

One of the team taped up a sign with a single handwritten word: Plumbers—a joking reference to their mission of finding and fixing leaks.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin