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Together for the better part of four decades, L7 did not faff around with small talk and pleasantries: They took the stage and rocked your face off.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Murdaugh was the fourth-generation scion of one of the Lowcountry’s most powerful families, which ran the district attorney, or solicitor’s office, for five counties for the better part of a century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“The more I understood today’s dating apps, the more clear it became that they have been for the better part of two decades now, designed, tweaked, redesigned, rebuilt, to not work,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Stefanovic had survived multiple scandals to helm the Today show for the better part of two decades.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
After the better part of a week, Dad’s delirium stopped, and he asked us to come talk to him in the bedroom.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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