sought
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Sought for their fluency in various African languages, content moderators hired by Sama in Kenya soon found themselves looking at graphic content that hit painfully close to home.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
In 1989, the New York Times published an article titled, “Wider Door at Top Colleges Sought by Asian-Americans.”
From Slate • Nov. 2, 2018
Sought out its white-hot spotlight and stood alone under its glare.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2017
Those he would love looked sideways and with fear, Or, taking courage from his aspect mild, Sought who should first bring to his eye the tear, And spent their anger on the dreaming child.
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles
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