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Rebels led by HTS overthrew long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, with the group's leader Ahmed al-Sharaa taking over as president as the country rebuilds after more than 13 years of civil war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Before joining Fox News as a contributor in 2018, Compagno practiced law in criminal defense and civil litigation and later served as a federal managing attorney and acting director at the Social Security Administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
And maybe there even would’ve been a civil action against them to try to do those two things that I said, stop sending out money and give away the money they have.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
Tigray is still recovering from a brutal two-year civil war that ended in 2022.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X, a civil rights activist and a former leader of the Nation of Islam, an organization of Negro American Muslims, was assassinated in New York.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing civil
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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