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It also takes the mature tack, as it moves back and forth in time, of portraying characters whose life dreams haven’t quite worked out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Don’t get too worked up—at least not yet.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Those lawsuits failed, but Venice Dell proponents alleged in a July 2024 lawsuit that Park and Feldstein Soto took up where neighborhood critics failed in court and worked behind the scenes to thwart the project.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The senior Pulte, after all, had for decades worked ecumenically with a wide variety of people.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Perhaps the masking charm had worked; or perhaps, as Renn pointed out, the bear was in the west, wreaking havoc among the clans.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver