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  "id": 18285234,
  "title": "As budgets tighten, people are breaking out their library cards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/as-budgets-tighten-people-are-breaking-out-their-library-cards",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
    "slug": "npr",
    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/11/05/nx-s1-5992908/libraries-and-cost-of-living"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Some Americans squeezed by high prices are relying more on their local libraries for things like books, streaming services and high-priced items like musical instruments and sewing machines.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}