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"They all toe the line, and they keep telling me: 'Boris, you get it, don't you? One step in the wrong direction, and we're finished.'"
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Did he push him in the wrong direction by trying to reorient his path?
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
The closures were an attempt to roll back an overexpansion in the wrong markets, resulting in a loss in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Too much empathy, invoked in the wrong situations, toward the wrong targets, is suicidal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Start with a silverback gorilla, remove the fur, add scales, and stick an extra pair of arms in the wrong places.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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