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The company is working on a locketlike Muse device that hangs on a necklace or keychain and will, purportedly, let you talk to your Muse when doing so via your phone is too much work.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Videos have emerged on social media purportedly showing explosions in the night skies in the Moscow region, and of a burning warehouse.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Code Pink is purportedly funded by Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based financier who has directed hundreds of millions of dollars into a global network of nonprofits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
All of the regimens surrounding Maddie and her illness are purportedly designed to be easily accessible for healthy, honest living.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
If there’s no match, Estimo can press his claim that the samples purportedly taken from Fischer’s body are fraudulent.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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