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America

[uh-mer-i-kuh] / əˈmɛr ɪ kə /
NOUN
New World
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Police Chief Jim McDonnell said that many of these residential burglaries are tied to theft rings from South America as well as groups based in South L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

It wasn't so long ago that the word "bromance" was being applied to another high-level relationship: this time Putin-Trump, as Russia and America pledged to thaw ties.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The London-listed credit-reporting agency’s accelerating organic growth was attributable to a strong performance in its North America business-to-business unit and the recovery observed in that same segment in Latin America, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The study relied on 19,283 high-quality fluke photographs collected between 1984 and 2025 from eastern Australia and Latin America.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

He was in such a twist, shouting that I would be receiving a call from America.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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