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Meanwhile, in Columbia, the state capital, the book came to the attention of Dick Harpootlian, Alex Murdaugh’s courtly but foul-mouthed attorney.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Additional wells will be a small part of the total project’s capital expenditures, according to Fervo’s Ulrey.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Smith, a dispute over capital punishment that was poised to be one of the most important cases of the term.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
“The current ‘flash-sale wars’ are typical competition under demand-side economies of scale but have escalated into irrational capital burn,” said Chen Tianhao, an associate professor at Tsinghua University.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
His previous work included helping excavate a land site at Gordion, Turkey, which, in the eighth century BCE, had been the capital of King Midas’s fabled golden empire.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing capital
Some Tricky Homonyms
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Name On: Pro Sports Team Names, Part 1
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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