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The 13th Amendment abolished involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Wage pressures were muted overall except in healthcare and the skilled trades.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
"This qualitative technique, invented and implemented at ISTA, is much like angiography in living tissues -- except that we are examining the micro-structure of a crystal," says Alpichshev.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
ING economists expect economic activity data to remain rather soft in March, except for industrial production.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
The fish-hooks were empty except for one, which held the bones of a small fish, neatly nibbled clean.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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