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When Kean finally reappeared on the House floor this week, he made an emotional, candid speech acknowledging his depression, which many outlets rightly praised as an important step toward destigmatizing mental illness.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2026

Oliver told BBC Newsnight Ruby is "quite rightly scared, but feels that she is once again an afterthought".

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

“We were rightly skeptical about this so-called Sell America trade. As tariff concerns eased and recession fears abated, the debasement narrative lost momentum,” Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 28, 2026

Jefferson rightly saw himself as the bard of the first stages of our experiment with self-rule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Hrothgar was not able to remember rightly what happened then, nor exactly how he managed to escape with his life.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye