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due

[doo, dyoo] / du, dju /


ADVERB
(of direction) directly
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A spokesperson for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council said watersports activities and open-water swimming at Craigavon Lakes were suspended on 21 July due to the presence of blue-green algae.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich also refers to this Moon as the Thunder Moon, due to the summer storms that often happen in this month.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Tour de France organisers announced that they were shortening the following day's final stage of the cycling race due to the wildfires ravaging southwest France.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

As a result, fallow fields are in a "deplorable state, and at the slightest spark, the blaze spreads like wildfire" due to vegetation dried out by the heat.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

“I’m almost done. But it’s not due until the end of next week,” Arlo argues.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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