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“Where it got a little tough for us is they asked for Jared Verse in return,” Snead said, “and similar to what Cleveland did at first, we were a ‘no.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Officers would remain at the site overnight, police said, with further searches resuming at first light on Tuesday.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Subsidized goods for a low price may be a nice change at first, just have the common courtesy to not let the door hit your favorite bodega owner on the way out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
I asked Schenck whether his gradual shift, seeing Suozzi as more conservative than he did at first, might have been due to C Street’s influence.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
As he was doing so, Duane realized that he wasn’t as impressed with them as he was at first.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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