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Baye got her break in François Truffaut's 1973 comedy La nuit américaine, titled Day for Night in English - when she was fresh out of drama school, Le Monde reported.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
In 2004, Nvidia hired Ian Buck, an engineer fresh out of Stanford University, to create a way for programmers to use Nvidia GPUs for a lot more than just computer graphics and gaming.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The bestselling novelist co-wrote this soapy adaptation of her own book, following a mother fresh out of prison who attempts to reconnect with her young daughter—and starts to fall for the dead father’s best friend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Matt Schodorf told me he was fresh out of whistles, and I thought of Clem, who agreed to meet me at Cafe de Leche with a special delivery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
The last thing I wanted was a father who danced and carried on like he was fresh out of high school.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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