C21: after the use of this technique by Robert Fisk (born 1946), British journalist, to criticize articles
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"This Muslim community, they're really good people, you know," said Katelynn Fisk, a neighbor who was out walking her dog.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
That moment’s consequences, for Matt and for Fisk, are kind of the fodder for Season 3.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
He’s put in this place where both his personas have to integrate, have to kind of collide, for him to beat Fisk.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
AFP asked Adam Fisk, head of US-based nonprofit Lantern, which offers an advanced VPN, how his technology and similar apps can get around such heavy-handed blocking.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
Some fifteen years later—after I had grown up, gotten married, graduated from Fisk University, and had two daughters of my own—my family and I moved back to Birmingham to live.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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