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And having to do a stop-and-go, sort of stop and wait for five, 10 seconds, whatever people got, it destroys you on a track so short as well, your chances.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The result is bright, bracing and deeply satisfying — the sort of meal that tastes like it should cost considerably more than it did.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

This is the sort of fact that Gordon S. Wood, the great historian of early America, could recall with ease across his many-decade career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“She can be sort of mean, and we don’t like her in the beginning. As the series grows, you really feel for her. That’s so hard to pull off, and she does it in spades.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He sort of wanted to believe Angela—he was sure that she believed what she was telling them.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix