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"I don't think anybody is under any illusion about the financial challenges we're all facing these days - there are requirements to cut back and to freeze funding," he warned.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“They’re feeling that this is the time to fight and to push back and to battle it out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
They decided to share information about their gains in part to feel like they were giving back and to continue the conversation, they said.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
We are here to push you back and to cabin you, and we hold you accountable to the actual authority that you have, but you can’t cross this line.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2025
"To go north, you must journey south. To reach the west, you must go east. To go forward you must go back, and to touch the light you must pass beneath the shadow."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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