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"If something goes wrong, they're going to say, 'I didn't tell you to do that. Where'd you get that from?' Then if you did something with AI, and it works, great."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
In most cases, it was always technically possible to tell two accounts belonged to the same person, and often nobody cares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I think it’s really about inflation, and Friday is going to be the big tell on that front,” said Emily Roland, co-chief investment strategist at Manulife John Hancock Investment Management.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
But that’s the greatest tribute of all, isn’t it: that when you leave the planet, there’s a long line of people waiting to tell their stories about you.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
In 1850, when Phineas comes to Boston, Dr. Harlow feels he must keep the details of his patient's personality problems confidential, but he does tell some of the truth to Dr. Nelson Sizer.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
“Dang!,” an amiably chaotic new adult animated comedy premiering Tuesday on Netflix, tells the story of the Dangs, three Chinese American siblings living in New York City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Bach was my favorite composer as an eighth grader,” he tells us, “and remains so to this day.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Furthermore, even if the market turns out to have an upward bias over the next couple of months, contrarian analysis tells us nothing about equities’ longer-term potential.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
It shouldn’t be much longer now, he tells her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
When the administrators at Carville ask the priest for an explanation, he tells them that he wants nothing to do with her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Experts have told The Times, humidity impedes the body’s ability to cool itself naturally, because the moist atmosphere doesn’t allow for sweat to evaporate as easily, causing you to continue to get warmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Richard Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told AFP coastal waters off Southern California were being roiled by the remnants of Hurricane Marie.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Many of the first stockists have limited consumers to a one- or two-bottle purchase, Campari Chief Executive Simon Hunt told analysts on an earnings call in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“He attacked this the right way, but it would have been a really quick turnaround,” McVay told reporters Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“He told me he’s going to be okay. He said he was going to be okay for you.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Kremlin announced Monday that it did not rule out three-way talks, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov telling reporters "it is too early to say anything about the venue or the exact dates at this stage".
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Chief strategy officer Rieko Shofu described tariffs as "something out of our control," telling Bloomberg that the beer giant would "move ahead with local production."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The system that branded him at 19 is, in his telling, the same one governing China today.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Hart telling critics that “tasteless” jokes have always been part of any roast only intensified the ire.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the cortex, you feel your emotions and you make sense of what your senses are telling you.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
