historical
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The name change was also criticized by Kim Cooper, who leads historical tours of Los Angeles with her company Esotouric and considers herself a preservationist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The choice of Rumsfeld over Mr. Coats raises an interesting historical point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Water "is the most important resource for operations," but "between April and August the accumulated rainfall deficit was 35.8 percent below the historical average," the canal's water manager Erick Cordoba told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
But last year, growth leveled off, and management said the company had “more work to do to reinvigorate this brand and get it back on its historical growth trajectory.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“The Dagger of Serendib is a thousand-year-old historical artifact from our country that was stolen and taken away from its rightful home.”
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Vocabulary lists containing historical
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