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"I go to the market only to look around because I cannot afford to buy anything. Whenever I ask about prices, I return heartbroken," Nadia Abu Shamala, a Palestinian resident of Gaza, told AFP.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

As governments and companies pour billions of dollars into the pursuit of AI general intelligence, as a society we should ask ourselves what it means to be intelligent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Parents should ask themselves, “Would you really be paying this much if it wasn’t your baby? If the answer is no, then the strategy is going to crumble the second there is any IRS scrutiny.”

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

“I’m voting for Matt Mahan. I didn’t ask for any refund and they shouldn’t have done it,” he posted on X on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Time and again people would ask Mutti why her son was not in uniform like all the other young men.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo