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For the better part of a year, I spent myriad sleepless nights wrestling with my conscience.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Walmart has been a killer stock for the better part of this decade, but it’s now struggling to keep pace with its biggest rivals and the overall market.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
As she pressed on over the better part of a year, a second idea came to her “like a fever dream.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Because a famous math problem that stumped humans for the better part of a century has finally been toppled—by AI.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
“Domishmen are notoriously stubborn, Your Grace. Prince Quentyn’s forebears fought your own for die better part of two hundred years. He will not go without you.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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