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“Career-changing or career-ending injuries are no longer career-ending injuries. It just goes on and on, all of this stuff combined.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Businesses adopted a “wait and see” approach to hiring that’s gone on and on, NerdWallet’s Renter said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Home Depot, Target, Microsoft, 3M, Intel—the list goes on and on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
But there is also a cost issue, whether the essence of F1 has been polluted, noise, the changing road-car market place and on and on.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The chase went on and on, sometimes reversing direction.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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