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Perhaps there’s a college basketball program out there that has something to offer to new would-be supporters like me.

In fact, there's already at least one would-be Christian influencer selling courses on "bibilical marriage," by which he means men get to have multiple wives.

He acknowledges that it's not for everyone, and that some people prefer to be away with friends and family, but he wants to encourage would-be travellers to "throw yourself in".

Southern California home prices barely rose last month, as would-be buyers weren’t able — or willing — to bid up housing costs much further.

The construction labor force has already been shrinking for various reasons, he said, and now “many of these would-be workers are scared by these high-profile deportations.”