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family

[fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] / ˈfæm ə li, ˈfæm li /


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The letter referenced “recent federal prosecutions and additional allegations that substantial portions of federal resources were fraudulently diverted away from the American families they were intended to assist.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“If an outsider looked into the family, they might be horrified with what the person will put up with,” Lembke says.

From The Wall Street Journal

He added that everyone should "pause and think of this and how too many families have been plunged into such sudden grief".

From BBC

"I've had three and a half months of suffering but I've a big family who helped me," said Immobile, who has missed almost all this season with a thigh injury.

From Barron's

Cash-strapped families will no longer receive health care financial assistance and could see their premiums soar -- or be priced out of medical care entirely.

From Barron's