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Noun
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Ruth Couch was one of dozens of volunteers who spent Martin Luther King Jr. weekend painting wooden panels that will become pieces of the site fence.—
Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025 -
Many responses argued the neighbors should’ve stayed on their side of the fence while advising the pet owner to set up cameras in her yard.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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Rosa travelled north some twelve hundred miles, on foot and by bus, paying smugglers and eluding predators.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Migrants who elude capture walk as long as two days in the wilderness before arriving at smugglers’ vehicles.—
Eugene Garcia,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What eliminated the bootleggers wasn’t more prohibition, but legalization, after all.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
23 Jan. 2025
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This episode, in which Prohibition is reinstated in Springfield and Homer becomes a bootlegger known as the Beer Baron, pursued by an Elliot Ness-type crime fighter named Rex Banner, is one such episode.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
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Her barely teenage mother disappeared when Smith was still a toddler; her much older father, a horse trader, moved frequently, taking his young daughter with him.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
30 Jan. 2025
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She was born in 1940 on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, where she was raised by her father, a horse trader.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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The recall affects one lot of phenylephrine hydrochloride injection, 10mg/ml, sold to wholesalers, distributors, compounding companies and hospitals.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ingram's response times were a week or longer, and in December, Ingram announced a severe reduction of its VMware business (VMware still works with other distributors, like Arrow).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
27 Jan. 2025
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The company is a major ports operator and the country’s main port concessionaire.—
Annie Correal,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Equine riding concessionaire at the park Cha Cha Jago lost her house to the Palisades Fire.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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The international card services segment showed an 11% growth, bringing in $2.99 billion, while the global merchant and network services posted a slight decline of 2%, recording $1.89 billion in revenue.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Houthis have targeted over 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip started in October 2023, significantly affecting global shipping, particularly through Egypt's Suez Canal.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Long is a former auctioneer and has worked as a business and tax adviser since leaving Congress in 2022.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Afterward, an auctioneer sold four guns that were signed by the congresswoman.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Scalper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalper. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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