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Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, spoke about the accomplishment as though it were fact, congratulating OpenAI and posting that “AGI has arrived.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Watch whether gold behaves as though that rate increase solves anything.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"A part of your life that has always been there is suddenly gone forever and it can feel as though a part of you won't ever be the same again."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Raw scaffolding stretches through the space, surrounding an evolving sculptural installation that feels as though it is still in the process of arriving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Mama and Tante Anna redoubled their cooking and sewing for the needy in the neighborhood, as though realizing how brief was anyone’s lifetime of service.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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