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Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The lawsuit seeks emergency relief to stop the agency’s early renewal proceeding and any resulting threat against ABC’s station licenses.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
This market kept up double-digit growth for the third straight month despite competing against exceptionally-high sales figures from the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Court proceedings were issued against the MoD in February 2024 by the group, from Plymouth and Scotland, claiming their employer had breached the Human Rights Act.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
She squinted against the burning midsummer late-afternoon sun that glinted in at a hard angle through the window.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
