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crescent

[kres-uhnt] / ˈkrɛs ənt /




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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has deployed hundreds of volunteers to support response efforts in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Crescent has financial leverage and operational leverage to commodity prices.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Walter Thomas Christopher Manley of Loanda Crescent, Newry, had been scheduled to go on trial for the manslaughter of Ian McCollum and for being an employee in breach of duty to others.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Alireza Dadkhodai, an emergency operations expert with the Red Crescent, recalled the moment the missiles hit.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The ancestors of most of the founder crops have wild relatives, in the Fertile Crescent and elsewhere, that would also have been suitable for domestication.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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