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"It's about all the parents, who are trying to provide the best for their children, and all the sacrifices that they make, like my parents did," he says.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Medicare Advantage plans are supposed to make like life easier for retirees by bundling all their healthcare needs together.
From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025
There's specific legal claims you can make, like state secrets.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025
“I’d make like four or five days of Tupperware,” he said.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2022
If a soul could leave a body, she thought, this is the sound it would make: like the screech of a nail being pulled from old wood.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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