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playbills

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plural of playbill

as in handbills

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Hicks passed out flyers at the restaurant for about an hour-and-a-half but then headed to the Wynwood Walls, which was about a seven-minute drive away.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Technology is core to the stock market and its role in future long-term growth will continue, but there are ways to gain exposure to technology high fliers without repeating the mistakes of the dotcom era.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 July 2026

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Most dramatically, five of the bodies were hung on a highway bridge, their half-nude corpses displaying signs of torture — a macabre display that recalled the worst days of the Mexican drug wars.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
Institutions and governments must invest long before crises unfold and continue funding past initial signs of success to ensure complete and lasting transformation.

— Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

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If the drive into the city from the San Francisco Airport feels like a trip into the future (AI billboards dot the city, and the Waymos abound), the Huntington Hotel feels like a trip into the past.

— Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 26 July 2026
In recent years, Kennedy had also used his billboards to demand the return of former USC running back Reggie Bush’s Heisman Trophy.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

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