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The premise of a single shareholder buying, fixing, then selling a company has been replaced by what is, if not quite a shadow stock exchange, at least a thriving jumble sale of stakes, slices, portfolios, and side deals.
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The prevalence of stars presents a problem, though, and searching for a Population III star among billions in the Milky Way is like searching for genuine Ancient Egyptian artifacts at a jumble sale in Texas.
—Emma Chapman, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2021
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Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The prevalence of stars presents a problem, though, and searching for a Population III star among billions in the Milky Way is like searching for genuine Ancient Egyptian artifacts at a jumble sale in Texas.
—Emma Chapman, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2021
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“Jumble sale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jumble%20sale. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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