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Washington

[wosh-ing-tuhn, waw-shing-] / ˈwɒʃ ɪŋ tən, ˈwɔ ʃɪŋ- /


NOUN
Uncle Sam
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To keep people from living in their cars at that location, city crews turned a stretch of Washington Boulevard into a no-parking zone, Bass’ team said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

“We’ve always been prey,” said Joshua Corman, a cybersecurity expert at the Institute for Security and Technology, noting that Tehran tends to favor attacks that signal to Washington it can inflict pain inside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

What Washington calls de la Espriella's "pro-growth agenda" has created an opportunity to "increase trade and deepen economic ties between our countries", it added.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The research was funded by Washington University in St. Louis.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

They wanted to remind Ms. Washington that not only were they superb readers, but wonderful human beings, too.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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