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  "path": "/cognoscenti/2026/04/17/boston-marathon-patriots-day-michelle-wu",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T17:00:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "I remember the first time I watched the Boston Marathon, writes Mayor Michelle Wu. I'd moved to Boston for college and I'd never seen anything like it: an entire region turning out to cheer for people they had never met.",
  "title": "Michelle Wu: Hope alone can't get you through a marathon — or to a more perfect union"
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