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Over the past six months, Silicon Valley companies have been urging their employees to max out their AI use .
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The international benchmark is now down five of the past seven sessions, but oil pared an earlier deeper drop.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
During the past 50 years in North America alone, the bird population has declined by some three billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The prize, run by the Abbotsford Trust, is now in its 17th year and past editions have been won by Sebastian Barry, Robert Harris, Andrea Levy and Hilary Mantel.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Tonight, we’re having dinner with the woman Dad’s been dating for the past two months.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 1
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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