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"I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it," Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN on Sunday.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Over the past decade its average annual return is just 0.9%, ranking it at the very bottom—the 100th percentile—in its Morningstar category over the period.
From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026
The fact that the person on the other end of the phone is a ranking Republican member of Congress made that statement even more poignant.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Pelosi, the former House speaker, led the hearing alongside Aguilar and Rep. Joseph Morelle of New York, the ranking Democrat on the House Administration Committee, which has oversight of elections.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Too many in a freshman class would probably lower the college’s average SAT score, thereby damaging its ranking by U.S.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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