would

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"I would be shocked if this is unique to the fly," Yang said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“For me, that was critical. I don’t think I would have ever made any progress without him.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“It was a child wishing that their parents’ visa would be approved,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

At the start of each season, he would ask his self-described “Satan’s writers’ room” the same question: “What’s happening in the world that you find infuriating or terrifying?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Carville would eventually become a world leader in the treatment of Hansen’s disease, but you wouldn’t have guessed it during those early years.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly