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“I told him, ‘ElAttrache, tell him what you just said,’” Hernández said, “I was like, ‘I did this for you, so you better bring me back.’”
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Twenty years earlier, he had told “Fresh Air” that his horn was so fully a part of him that he would feel physically ill if he went a few days without playing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
When he woke, still a little delirious, ElAttrache told him the news: “This was the worst injury I’ve ever seen of this kind, and I don’t know how you played,” Hernández recalled him saying.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Lord Wolfson told the BBC that just two years ago, Next typically received 10 applicants for every job in its shops, but that number had since risen to 19.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“We were going to get married!” she told her parents—it was the truth!—but the cart had already preceded the horse, the milk had been drunk without the cow’s purchase, et cetera, et cetera.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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