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[hohl] / hoʊl /






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Should one person go grocery shopping for the whole weekend and we just pay them back?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“I thought the whole place was going to fall down.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

On the campaign trail, Burnham has been having three simultaneous conversations - one with locals, one with the Labour MPs who could help make him prime minister, and one with the nation as a whole.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“The whole industry hinges on SpaceX’s ability to execute on Starship,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The Whole Brainers will turn out to be right about the complex interconnections of the brain but wrong about the brain acting as a whole.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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