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But despite being an unsavory collection of criminals, Mr. Goode’s cast of characters could survive quite handsomely without gambling everything with each shipment of Fiji banded iguanas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rather than send wheat to Minneapolis to be processed, incurring high transportation costs, farmers and the state banded together to form the North Dakota Mill, the only state-owned mill in the United States.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
I wanted us to be a banded unit and not be driven by conspiracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Since the coup, some of Myanmar's myriad ethnic minority factions have banded with pro-democracy guerrillas to fight the armed forces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
He was mounted on a shaggy grey stallion, his shield hung from the horse's side; wood banded with iron, white and grey, and on it the snarling face of a direwolf.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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