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[trahy] / traɪ /








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Maybe you should stay and try to righteously pressure Bass and Raman to make much needed changes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“If the Fed chair has the ability to try to jawbone those lower and provide some assurances,” he said, “I do think that would also provide the tailwind.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

"We selected some sites that we wanted to try and create meadows on, and we wanted to create some verges," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Pope Leo XIV may be right in the long-term that artificial intelligence endangers humanity, but investors are ignoring him in the short-term as they try cashing in on Wall Street’s hottest theme.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“My mom’s sleeping. She’s a nurse and she’s been working nights lately, so I try not to wake her.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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