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“A smaller minimum makes it attainable to also fit in someone’s portfolio and size the position appropriately from a risk perspective.”
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
I wonder how many people in this room are stirring the forces that will be ash in someone’s ice core 1,500 years from now.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Officers deployed a helicopter and set up a perimeter to track down the suspects, and eventually found them hiding in someone’s backyard.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Luisa Di Benedetto, 56, a cashier, said a studio would be too small for her and her husband, who rent two bedrooms in someone’s Yountville home for $1,700 a month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Strong men sloshed in slow motion through waist-deep water, dragging their boats, while the rest of us waited our turn to get in someone’s canoe.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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