historical
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For decades, dams have blocked salmon from many of their historical spawning areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ms. Lee, whose previous book was the 2017 historical novel “Pachinko,” sensitively chronicles the couple’s story of “coming down in the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
So there was historical context but also deep relevance in the here and now.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A major challenge in studying historical pandemics is figuring out exactly when ancient infections occurred.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Only ten years after the passage and ratification of the Constitution, however, what were treasonable or seditious acts remained blurry and more problematic judgments without the historical sanction that only experience could provide.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing historical
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