on the map
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The Princeton endowment’s participation in Thrive’s first institutional fund in 2011 helped put the firm on the map.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Sweetly, and with little hope, they make a small community of people who understand each other and the desert landscape that others see as a blank space on the map.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
"When I heard that, I realised that I had never had any idea that was happening - and I really wanted to put that on the map and to say, things are happening," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
It’s very big, you see, especially on the map.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
I mark her location on the map, take a picture of the map with my phone, and then erase the mark.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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