tale
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Here’s a cautionary tale, which your readers may find of interest in light of that story.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The September jobs report on Friday is a tale of two Labor Department surveys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Then, as so many series do nowadays, it goes back in time — 10 days here — to tell the tale that got them there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
This epic tale of love, loss, revenge and reconciliation might still have room for another chapter.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The girls had told Mrs. Redfield some wide-eyed tale about hearing strange sounds in the night.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Most of Workman’s tales are fact-based and reenacted with puppets, although she also stumbles off-site to her local dive bar or her apartment for occasional “Interview with a Demon” segments.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Benwell described it as "the mushroom of fairy tales".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke waded into the comments section and discovered tales of love, loss, and a vanishing form of online community.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
McNeil has made a career out of reliving the gritty tales of debauchery and explosive expression that gave rise to the Ramones and CBGB’s and shocking tales of New York in the 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Even those tales of razors in Halloween candy are just urban rumors.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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