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“I’m really excited, and I’m so happy that people are starting to trust me and they’re really coming to me for real estate support.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
These days, a horror film must also be a blistering allegory for real life, with plenty of subtextual significance for the thinking viewer to glom onto.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
What if you could walk to Dodger Stadium, for real?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
He went shopping for real estate, first buying out the warehouse space he had been renting, then turning back to the idea of reviving the bookstore.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Then Mr. Popper moved all the furniture in the living room to one side, so that the penguins and the children would have plenty of room for real sliding.
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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