native
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A native of Princeton, Ill., a city of about 8,000 people, Rowe’s job included easing tensions between China and the U.S. farmer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
"It has brought me immense fulfillment through three successful businesses that provide me with freedom, income and happiness," Barreto, a native of Venezuela who has lived in Florida for 15 years, told AFP.
From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026
It is estimated the spread of non native American mink saw 90% of water voles wiped out since the 1970s.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026
“You can kind of feel it vibrate when it’s that close to you,” the Los Angeles native said of the impact.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
During the first hundred years after the English arrived in 1607, over 90 percent of Virginia’s native population was killed either in warfare and massacres or by the new diseases the Europeans brought with them.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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