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“If you hold an ETF in a taxable account, the amount of tax you’d pay to switch is prohibitive, and your best option to get rid of it is to drop dead.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Why would we get rid of our leader when no one else is pitching to be our leader? We need to let Ed get on with it," said another MP.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
“You have said that you would get rid of him before the Olympics. What worries me about that is, I don’t think you have any idea what it takes to identify a police chief.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Asked on S4C's Y Byd yn ei Le if he would be happy to get rid of the Wales Office, Drakeford said: "Yes, I think the time has come for us to think about that."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“We have to get rid of these,” she said.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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