Boris
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"The relief I feel knowing that he will remain behind bars is hard to put into words," the wife of former prime minister Boris Johnson wrote on X.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Unfortunately, sanitized politicians have this shortcoming—they are not quite as interesting on stage as Attila the Hun or Boris Godunov.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said the withdrawal of 5,000 American troops from Germany had been expected and that Europe needed to do more to ensure its own security.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
It was “foreseeable that the U.S. would withdraw troops from Europe, including Germany,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Saturday, adding that Europe was already investing to fill the gap.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
At one point, she tried her experiment by playing passages not from LordJim but from Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, the book that launched the epic film.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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