the ticket
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As I imagine the series will do well — mystery with a smattering of horror seems very much what the people want — more may be just the ticket for some people.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Over the weeks following the ticket price announcement, private sponsors helped subsidize the cost down to $98, which is still nearly a 660% increase from typical prices.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Reading it, I was more than grateful for the ticket I had drawn in the parent lottery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
"From the ticket counter line to the x-ray room, there was a measles patient everywhere," he says.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
She examined the ticket: first-class passage on the Royal Amsterdam, the finest Dutch clipper ship to sail the northern waters, leaving promptly at ten o’clock!
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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