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Cruise avoids the personal by making his work inextricable from his life, thereby asking the reader to perform a clever thought exercise: What if Tom Cruise were telling the truth?
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
“Literally on the eve of trial, he filed for bankruptcy, thereby pausing the lawsuit,” Wright wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He said that will help Tesla avoid losing connection with its cars and thereby winding up with “robotaxis missing in action.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Meta also uses various signals to determine whether the person supervising a teen account—and thereby able to turn off key restrictions, such as the time limits—is actually the teen’s parent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The peoples of areas with a head start on food production thereby gained a head start on the path leading toward guns, germs, and steel.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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