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The 50-year-old director said he sought funding to make his 2020 film "Pieces of a Woman" in Hungarian but was rejected.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Pieces from the booster eventually washed up on Mexico’s beaches.
From Salon • Jan. 12, 2026
Pieces of fried chicken from one of KFC’s buckets, McElroy said, “would be such a greasy mess.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
"Pieces of space junk are like ticking time bombs," observed Moriba Jah, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
Pieces of Yvonne’s bright Mohawk stuck out from under her skullcap.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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