general
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Attending this week’s meetings were Charlie Beller, acting deputy assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division, and the division’s chief of staff, Sara Matar, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The attorney general, who oversees it, is tasked with selecting immigration judges and members of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
"Other than recovering from the general anesthesia, there isn't much recovery time involved," Dr. Sullivan said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
On one side of the street there was Yount’s General—a combination general store and post office.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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