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“There are no gatekeepers, which means the ceiling is sky-high and the floor is as low as it gets; I’ve seen genuinely mind-blowing shows at Fringe, as well as a whole lot of crap.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Prices, Victor explained, wouldn’t necessarily stay around their wartime highs for that whole time period.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
It means their whole plan depends on beating Haiti in their first game.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“The gap between these two figures suggests IPO investors are, on the whole, expressing a healthy wariness toward newly public companies, with a handful of standout winners accounting for most of the gains,” said Rabe.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
We didn’t make it back in time for the awards ceremony at the pool, but in typical post–swim meet tradition, Coach took the whole team for pizza.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing whole
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Geometry - Introductory
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Geometry (Base List)
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