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Judges said Yoon intended to provoke Pyongyang "into carrying out armed or equivalent acts against South Korea's military of people", according to a summary of their ruling seen by AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Yunus said he gave the women the equivalent of $27 to clear their debts and thought of ways to offer affordable credit to the smallest entrepreneurs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Meanwhile, earlier this spring, the U.S. government declassified another batch of UFO files and the response was roughly equivalent to a collective shrug.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
It confirmed it was proposing to cut 609 of its 7,363 full-time equivalent roles over the next three years.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The surest means to purify the messenger intermediate was to halt protein synthesis abruptly—using a biochemical equivalent of a cold shower—and purify the shivering molecules associated with the ribosomes, thereby trapping the elusive Pimpernel.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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