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The collective melodrama plays out against a background of deteriorating social conditions and political unrest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Lord Renucci ordered a specialist social worker to prepare a report into his background and remanded him in custody.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Turkey has strict gun laws that require licensing, registration, mental and criminal background checks, and severe penalties for illegal possession.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
He’s mad not just because he feels his time was wasted, but also because he knows that many others without his legal background, perseverance or media savvy would simply pay the fine.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
There is no way to know if the artists were trying to accurately represent an enslaved man in the background of a painting of the great man Washington.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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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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