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Trump had argued the damages were unreasonably excessive, particularly a $65 million punitive damage award, and pushed for a new trial in light of the Supreme Court’s expansion of presidential immunity.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025 -
Trump had argued the damages were unreasonably excessive and pushed for a new trial in light of the Supreme Court’s expansion of presidential immunity.—
Jake Offenhartz,
Twin Cities,
8 Sep. 2025
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These activists have obscenely defaced this beloved institution.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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And the way that people marginalize and attack the Trans community, especially politically, is unfathomable to me, and so unbearably cruel.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The fact that calls here are so unbearably real adds an extra gut punch to an already distressing scenario.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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But the fact that single men are deciding to start families on their own, some of them paying extravagantly for egg donation and surrogacy, might also say something about just how important fatherhood is for many men today.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Extortionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extortionately. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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