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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

Of the Ghibellines of the said sesto, the house of the Scolari which were by origin fellows to the Bondelmonti, the house of Par. xvi.

From Villani's Chronicle Being Selections from the First Nine Books of the Croniche Fiorentine of Giovanni Villani by Villani, Giovanni




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