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"I was so tired and there were so many of them and I wanted to have a complete meltdown and just cry, but I couldn't because if I stopped moving, they started biting me," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The shoot required Cregger to be mostly nocturnal and work through bouts of walking pneumonia and a severe bacterial infection, but Abrams said the director was always clearheaded about what he wanted to achieve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The internet has long accommodated users who wanted to hide their real name behind a clever username or a throwaway account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“They now say in the press they wanted to ‘refresh’ the show, and with a new coaching line-up there wouldn’t be a chair for me,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“I made excuses for it because I wanted her — I needed her — to get better.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
