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[cheef] / tʃif /




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Dr Charlotte Canniff, joint chief medical officer for Surrey and Sussex ICB, said that most young patients registered at the clinic had now been referred to specialist NHS gender services for treatment.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Raising rates will not change eurozone inflation or inflation expectations,” said Paul Donovan, chief economist for UBS global wealth management.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Many people “have a healthy skepticism in the era of AI,” said Suzanne Philion, chief marketing officer at Waymo, now a Google sibling within Alphabet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A Pasadena police officer shot and wounded a colleague in the shoulder inside the department’s parking garage last September during an incident the police chief described as “unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

I’d been born on Academy property, the daughter of the Academy’s commander in chief.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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