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However, only 35-year-old Danny Welbeck, who scored twice, emerged from the starters with a compelling case for more regular involvement.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
For starters, you no longer will have to rack your brain trying to remember if your chat about next quarter’s sales strategy took place in ChatGPT or Gemini or Claude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
It felt both novel and immediately familiar — a post-pandemic child of all those sourdough starters and focaccia tutorials, but also just the latest person to rediscover an old truth.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Chargers’ starters on defense, without safety Derwin James Jr. and outside linebacker Khalil Mack, did its part against the Rams’ second-stringers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
For starters, like most of the athletes competing at the games, I stayed in the Olympic Village.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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