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[jen-er-uhl] / ˈdʒɛn ər əl /




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Campaign for Accountability said Zacharia had described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

But the council member nevertheless made it into the general election against Bass, and dominated their second debate, hosted in August by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Assn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The State Department’s inspector general is looking into the allegations, according to an unnamed U.S. official who spoke with the Associated Press.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

North Korean state media didn’t specify where the museum was located or if it would be open to the general public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Then I remembered the day before, down at the general store.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Foran said that at the time, the colonies that later became Canada relied on Great Britain and its Royal Navy for its defence, as well as indigenous peoples who served as generals in major battles.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

By one account, he has blocked the advancement of more than 80 generals and admirals.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Residents of Amami-Oshima carry a strain of pacifism rooted in that painful wartime legacy, in which islanders felt they were abandoned to their fate by fanatical generals in distant Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Attorney generals in only four states — California, Texas, Florida and Illinois — even acknowledged receipt of Mexico’s demands, Velasco said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Then in the arena the ministers and generals of the two countries, dressed in bathing-drawers and armed with clubs, can have it out among themselves.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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