department
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A spokesperson for the department did not immediately respond to inquiries about the incident.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said systems had “detected an air quality issue” and that the department had issued a shelter-in-place order for “the affected area.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
That method was the “Davis Scale,” the department said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The Sherpa's family has filed a police report accusing HTA of negligence, and Nepal's tourism department is investigating the incident.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Once, she told me that she wanted to participate in a sit-in at the lunch counter of the Woolworth’s, a retail department store chain, on Main Street in Hampton.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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The Vocabulary of College
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Western Europe - Introductory
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