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Noun
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Some agreed to voluntarily return to their countries from Panama, but others refused out of fear of persecution and were sent to a remote camp in the Darien jungle for weeks.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Pushed to the brink of extinction due to habitat loss and human persecution, the Florida panther is federally listed as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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By Sunday afternoon, President Bukele’s office had released video clips believed to be images of migrants being escorted off a plane and taken to a prison where incarcerated people are reportedly subjected to torture and beatings.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Mar. 2025
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It’s apparently been rigged into an impenetrable torture device on wheels.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Garza sees the project as a kind of musical provocation.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Mar. 2025
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Byström takes the hyper-girl aesthetic that’s so often criticized and turns it into a tool of political provocation—especially in the context of issues such as sexuality and body politics.—
The Glamour editors,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Molestation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molestation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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