effort
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“She understood the ongoing national effort to disremember — this startling combination of dismembering and remembering — to protect the innocence of America,” Glaude says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
Washington's effort to recalibrate its relationship with China depends in part on closer co-operation with its two largest trading partners.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Mr. Franklin’s image showed an act of collective effort in the midst of crisis—powerfully echoing Rosenthal’s “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” and calling to mind the words of Francis Scott Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
The Times quotes officials justifying the order by saying it would reduce duplication of effort; our own spies wouldn’t bother recruiting someone if they knew he or she was already an agent.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
She turned in the water, her eyes open, her cheeks distended with the effort of holding her breath, and held out her left hand.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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