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Estimating that risk with any confidence is extremely difficult.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Cleverly structured, it seemed difficult to adapt, but director RaMell Ross made it into a brilliant film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
During her police interviews, "it was already very difficult to recount the events for the first time", she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Some planning experts argue that slow construction is the result of nonregulatory complications, such as skill shortages, high material costs from postpandemic inflation and supply-chain shortages and higher interest rates that make financing more difficult.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He would work for days on a difficult repair problem and then forget to send a bill.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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"Angels in the Snow"
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Obama's speech at Connecticut vigil
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