wrote
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“She once kicked my palette across the room,” Kusama wrote in her 2002 autobiography, “Infinity Net.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Strategists led by Matthew Hedberg wrote in a recent note that the company’s strong earnings beat and its decision to lift its outlook should satisfy the expectations of investors, which have gotten increasingly high.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Later, the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, wrote that responsibility lay "first and foremost with those who planned and carried out the massacre".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“To the opposing party: I sincerely hope that one day you all will acknowledge your accountability,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I bid on a couple of things I knew I wouldn’t win, then bought a pretty notebook for Lorren, who loved pretty notebooks so much that she never wrote in them.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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