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When an only child reads something like that, she can’t help but think: Gosh, how enviable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
That comparison might sound hyperbolic since Vietnam was a 20-year meat-grinder of a war that cost the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and something like 3.5 million Vietnamese, both troops and civilians.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
“I can’t believe you endured something like that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
As a result, AI pioneers have not been able to "benefit from the collaboration that they would get if they did have something like that".
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
How many times had her own father said something like that to her?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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