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“I had a colleague in that case who wrote, you know, these are only temporary stops,” Sotomayor said at the event, according to Bloomberg Law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
They don’t expect an index-level correction of more than 10% on China’s side in that case.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
"That was the most valuable thing for me in that case," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
He served 20 days in jail in that case late last year, making him the first post-war French leader to serve time behind bars, before his release pending appeal.
From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026
That may be so, but in that case he also could have made it develop in a completely arbitrary way.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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