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The suspect was variously described - by students and in media reports - as a plumber, painter or construction worker.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
They are clad variously in red porphyry, black basalt, gray granite and yellowish sandstone from nearby Montjuïc, with emblems symbolizing the four evangelists, the 12 apostles and an assortment of Catholic saints and geographic regions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Speaking to the BBC on Friday and Saturday, travellers variously described the situation as "absolute chaos" and "carnage".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Suraci and colleagues instead focused on the Olympic Peninsula, where mountain lions -- variously known as cougars, pumas or panthers -- have long been established.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
In Manhattan Pittman worked variously as a buyer at Bonwit Teller, a merchandising editor at Mademoiselle, and a beauty editor at a magazine called Bride’s, and in 1979 married Bob Pittman.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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