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From a childhood marked by "kindness and energy" to becoming a wife and mother with a greeting card to send for every occasion and a phone call home every night at 21:00.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
According to reports, Mr. Musk asked his executives to send him a hiring list every week and to “think carefully” about whom they send for his approval.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2023
Jonathan Finer, the principal deputy national security adviser, said Ms. Sherman was the Biden administration’s default diplomat to send for “hard conversations in hard places.”
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Bye, bye, baby/ I’ll send for you/ Ain’t got much money right now/ I’ll come back a millionaire, he croons softly, loftily, at the end of “Hollywood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
“But they said I could send for her!”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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