citizen
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When he signed the Social Security Act in 1935, then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said the program was to provide “at least some measure of protection to the average citizen and his family…against poverty-ridden old age.”
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
“You don’t know what is happening in the country,” she told Putin, while insisting on being a loyal Russian citizen.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Modern directors and adapters are wary of the civic and cosmic levels, perhaps out of fear that pagan prophets and citizen choruses will seem artificial or dated.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
As a former British citizen, Hilton said he is the only candidate who has experienced government-run healthcare.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
"You're absolutely right, ma'am, but our hands are tied unless you, as a responsible citizen, help us out."
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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