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In multiple interviews, Hadzabe members described their motivation to modernize as a way to benefit from the new economic opportunities amid shrinking hunting grounds and an influx of outsiders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Some cities have opposed short-term rentals on grounds that they diminish the housing supply for full-time residents.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

She also forbade local police from cooperating with the agency in any operation conducted solely on immigration grounds.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

His project has also reached the White House grounds and mansion.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

He grabbed his winter coat and soft, peaked brown trench cap before rushing out of the service quarters on the factory grounds where he lived with his father and younger brother.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti