citizens

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But lifelong work is a thing of the past, and our fellow citizens don’t know how to articulate it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Those detained in the ICE raids have included some joint US-Somali citizens, though their relatives were too afraid to talk to me.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

They also asked for an assessment of risk for US citizens of any future Iranian strike on Israel's secretive Dimona nuclear research center.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Gun rights advocates have praised the proposed change, saying it will enable citizens to more easily ship handguns for repairs, for sports shooting on vacation and when relocating to a new address.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

This was Cuba, of course, a third-world country that was trying to give its citizens the very things Farmer talked about.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French