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But perhaps the biggest sticking point is FIFA’s demand for workers’ sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers and fingerprints, to process background checks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Moraff said the campaign hired a firm to check his candidate’s background, which found some of the social-media posts but not all of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
A single supermassive black hole can dramatically magnify a background star, but only when the alignment is almost perfect.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
The poll suggested that 74% of English people believe that someone can be English regardless of their skin colour or ethnic background.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Now, if the wind tunnels hadn’t been running in the background, with their constant whoosh and roar, I might have heard a pin drop in the room.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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