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Lacka pinched several children dozens of times in the course of one day, causing them to cry and flinch away from her, the Crown Prosecution Service previously said.

From BBC

South Carolina also complained that in the 1860 election, northerners elected “a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery” and who has publicly declared that “ ‘Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free,’ and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction.”

From Slate

Horner has always denied the allegations, and they were dismissed following two internal investigations in the course of 2024.

From BBC

In the course of the conversation, Mr Mwesigwa said he used to be a London bus driver.

From BBC

The court, however, ruled that Lyons, a 24-year-old Black man, could not get an injunction barring the cops from using this chokehold in the future, because there was no evidence that the city had formally “authorized” officers to use chokeholds in the course of enforcing minor traffic violations.

From Slate

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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