wrote
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He even wrote back to the crook: “I told the guy, ‘You just messed with the wrong hombre.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Maybe doing laundry…or trading Pokémon cards,” Johnson wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Amodei doesn't go nearly far enough," he wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
"George Chuvalo was a heavyweight boxing legend, a family friend and a Canadian icon," Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote on social media.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
In her memoirs, Leah wrote of receiving gold medals, watches, and diamonds from Ohio’s spiritualists.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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