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It is puzzling to me why Maupassant’s elder and mentor, Gustave Flaubert, is the object of so much cultish admiration while the protégé is comparatively neglected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
She’s running as a candidate with working-class roots, focused on the farmers and rural communities she argues both political parties have neglected.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Successive governments neglected Israel's geographic periphery, focusing overwhelmingly on security issues, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
As a longtime renter herself, Raj has experience with being a neglected tenant.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was an odd slant, since at that point Bobby had no intention of isolating himself or turning down money; he was just tending to personal matters that he’d neglected for years.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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