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Africa's exports to China are dominated by minerals and raw materials, such as crude oil and metallic ores.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The very personal materials Mr. Raim uses—including journals, notebooks, correspondence, photos, interviews and wildly damaged but still distinguishable home-movie footage—go only so far into the interior life of the subject.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

The renewal included the preclearance provisions, which have since been destroyed by the Supreme Court and even measures that went beyond the 1965 law, like a requirement that states provide bilingual ballots and election materials.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

She has publicly grilled Silverman about needing access to more discovery materials, and the medical examiner’s report detailing how Hernandez died was not available to her until last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Looking at all the materials, I realize that having built a chicken coop with Mr. Larkin is not the same thing as me building a chicken coop on my own.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz