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The assignment surprised some colleagues, in part because she was gone and back in 48 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“It’s kinda crazy what this parish has gone through,” said Father Jorge Moncada, who didn’t know about Resurrection’s history until he arrived last year on his first assignment as a priest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
His last assignment in the Lions role was South Africa A's tour of England in May and June, where his side lost both four-day matches and two of three 50-over games.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
I’m a writer who has been sent out on assignment to the stucco estates of suburban Los Angeles to profile a young socialist named Hasan Piker.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
He and Josie had been working on a homework assignment together for health class.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Immediately, I thought of how many of my peers complained that her assignments were too difficult, and her film choices were too unconventional to analyze easily, even for college-level writers.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
There's only one drawback: "long separations from the family during assignments," he says from Kosovo, where he is helping install a wind farm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
And now, after two and a half years of roaming the state between work assignments, they’re back to report that they’ve covered all 101 locations on that list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He became an authority on the papacies of five popes - One of his most notable assignments was the assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was efficacious for an officer to keep the troops busy, he thought, and when he exited a place, he left a trail of assignments in his wake no matter where he was.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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