purportedly
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Footage purportedly of Sunday's incident filmed by other zoogoers and shared on social media shows a person wearing a costume and carrying a stuffed toy jumping over a fence and into the monkey enclosure.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Unified complaint as a Delaware corporation purportedly based in Texas and founded on March 26, 2021.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
In recent years, Pyongyang has blown up roads and railways linking it with the South, and purportedly built barriers near the border.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Yet, as Joshua Douglas writes, Alito ignores any assessment of Congress’ “results” language in his purportedly textual analysis.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026
We all went home for Christmas break—even purportedly homeless Alaska.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing purportedly
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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