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Robins’s career has spanned advertising, sports marketing and ownership of a junior hockey team.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

The novel follows Susan, a queer creative untangling the coulda, woulda, shoulda situationship that has spanned decades, while grappling with the reality of a career that dips and shifts in a changing media landscape.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

It would have spanned Judith and her late husband's 60th wedding anniversary and the 80th birthday of her friend, whose husband passed away a year ago.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

But the German national team is dropping Adidas as its kit supplier from 2027, ending a partnership that spanned more than 70 years and four World Cup triumphs, and switching to US sportswear giant Nike.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Stone bridges spanned swift, narrow rivers, while small farms spread in rings around holdfasts walled in wood and stone.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin