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Ending dual citizenship would force me to choose between the country of my origin and the country of my parents’ origin.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
France's dominant force in the 2000s, they had fallen on hard times and were even provisionally relegated last summer due to their financial situation, only to be reinstated on appeal.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
The decline in the unemployment rate came with an asterisk: The labor force shrank by nearly 400,000 people, meaning fewer Americans were counted as unemployed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The thinking is that those provisions protect the fund’s remaining investors from a rush to the exits that would force managers to sell underlying securities at fire sale prices.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
If he didn't force himself to be calm, who knew what Tiamat might do?
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.