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Later, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that talks to reopen the strait have made progress but hadn’t reached a final agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Engaging with them as a reader or viewer, we look back on who we were, who we wanted to be, who we wish we hadn’t been.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Less than 24 hours later, I received another Evite, this time from a friend in New York whom I hadn’t seen since before the pandemic.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
I hadn’t learned yet that I was a Type A person masquerading as Type B. The disguise began to fray almost immediately.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
So on weekends, if Karl hadn’t got anywhere else to go, or anyone else to look after him, they let me bring him into work with me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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