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One common tactic is to present a military contract as a normal job, Vaskin said.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
In a report last year, More in Common said "broken" was the most common word Britons used to describe the country.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Zvërnec has proved to be a thicket of Albanian property disputes, a common problem given that the country nationalized property during communism then underwent a messy process of returning it to private ownership.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Whenever I type a question — say, “How common is chatbot sycophancy?” — into Google, it responds with what seems like an excess of enthusiasm: “Great question!”
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
The wild thing is, she actually grew up on Maui, so she and Dad have a lot in common.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Schooled
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Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address (1801)
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