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Brown, who shot to fame playing telekinetic teen Eleven in Netflix’s sci-fi series “Stranger Things,” revealed in Wired’s “Web’s Most Searched Questions” series that she met Bongiovi through social media.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

Searched for neighbors and cried out to strangers.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

Now this story is known as the Woman Who Searched for Herself.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015

The Boston PD's own Twitter account issued a blunt message to the scanner-addicts: "WARNING: Do Not Compromise Officer Safety by Broadcasting Tactical Positions of Homes Being Searched," which was itself retweeted more than 20,000 times.

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2013

Searched the room, have they, in quest of the diamonds?

From Cleek, the Master Detective by Hanshew, Thomas W.