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“Our reporters have chased their last stories. Our presses have printed their last copies. Our corner newsstands have opened for the last time,” owner Alan Smolinisky wrote in a post on the newspaper’s website Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Speaking of Camp David: "It is a huge honor to have printed a fresh page in its history with this meeting."
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2023
The person accused of leaking Pentagon assessments is alleged to have printed out some of the documents and folded them to smuggle them out of authorized areas.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
That suggests the alleged leakers may have printed the documents and taken photos of them.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023
“Or a printer? Couldn’t he have printed you an extra copy, instead of making you take pictures?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
