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She gave them Bayoumi's guarantor form, triggering an investigation into the man they would come to see as the main facilitator of the two hijackers' lives in San Diego.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Its main patent expired in 2019, but the company settled lawsuits with generic makers years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Below, readers’ main arguments, lightly edited for clarity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sehida Abdurahmanovic, a member of the main association of mothers in Srebrenica, said knowing he died suffering was some solace to victims' families, but his conviction was more enduring.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Just outside the main gate, a man—filthy with mud, wearing tattered clothing —walks up to him, hand outstretched.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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Common Core Grade 5, List 5
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