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The surprise deck taught her to be clear about what was a request and what was “just Heather” making conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
There were dozens of children in the pool, all at various levels, and I remember feeling overwhelmed rather than taught.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“My mom raised us as super conservative, and he’s everything that she taught us to respect,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
If contemporary reviews of “Girls” taught Millennials anything, it’s that your first response to the next generation of TV should be contempt.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
This was what he’d been taught to do by Brickbane, who’d been taught by Po, who’d been taught by Eddifoot, and so on.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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