hail from
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Anthropic’s Amodei siblings hail from the Rationalist school, as do Sanders’ A.I. whisperers, who got the lawmaker a personal meeting with Yudkowsky about extinction.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Bellingham and Rogers both hail from the West Midlands, and at the time, Kitson described them as "two star boys" from the "heart of the Black Country".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Dukes-turned-Bruins hail from 10 different cities across eight states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is no accident that Los Angeles has been most memorably captured by those who hail from places far from the 405.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Since you hail from Homer’s own land, would you be so kind as to read aloud?”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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