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Ms. Shchehlova was Russian by origin, and her bookshelves were full of Russian classics.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2022

In France, where the melting pot is based on assimilation and officials are banned from counting people by origin, “we are supposed to be equal but only if we are identical,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

The top countries by origin of asylum seekers in the EU since 2014 are Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, all countries with recent or ongoing conflicts.

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2018

Now, more than a fifth of Bradford’s 526, 400 people are Pakistani by origin, the Dawood family among them.

From Time • Jun. 19, 2015

Spanish by origin, French by six centuries of devotion, his family was of the higher nobility.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan




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