created
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Antitrust authorities had scrutinized Live Nation’s conduct for years following the 2010 merger that created the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"There were a handful of positives and negatives last week, but the main thing that let us down was that we created so many chances, but mistakes at crucial times cost us," said Erasmus.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
She hopes there will be a program like the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act she lobbied for, which created amnesty for nearly 3 million undocumented immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Like the billionaire geniuses who created social media that wound up depressing, dumbing down and dehumanizing civilization, the motives of these companies were purely financial.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
So I did what anyone who got a ton of strange texts would do: I created an account on Scrollr.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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