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“You know, he’s a starting pitcher, and then, when you start missing three, four, five weeks of that build-up, then you’ve got to kind of start up again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“And then this came and it was something even bigger and in a space that we hadn’t got to see ourselves in, which was big epic fantasy,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Whenever growth is this fast, there’s got to be some strong positive correlation between SG&A and revenue,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He brought her a gift, but the usually empty cafe was packed, and she never got to buy him a coffee.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Buddy Stein: I pictured him telling scandalous jokes, cracking his knuckles when he got to the punch line.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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