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During his run, he said, he was taken aback by sights such as a North Korean raising a poodle’s paw to wave at runners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The Indian plant is the largest the company—which spun out of pharmaceutical group GSK in 2022—has taken on, Haleon Chief Executive Brian McNamara said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The young Haaland's talent was spotted early and he quickly moved through the youth teams at Bryne before being taken on by Molde in 2017, joining a club then managed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

It was Betty who ensured her sons received serious Jewish educations and helped direct Rothschild family philanthropy toward Palestine long before political Zionism had formally taken shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

We had known, of course, that when overcrowding reached a certain point, the sickest were taken to the brick building at the foot of the great square smokestack.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom