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resource

[ree-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs, ri-sawrs, -sohrs, -zawrs, -zohrs] / ˈri sɔrs, -soʊrs, -zɔrs, -zoʊrs, rɪˈsɔrs, -ˈsoʊrs, -ˈzɔrs, -ˈzoʊrs /


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Soto said a school resource officer obtained security footage from a nearby grocery store and confirmed that the people who had detained the student are agents with U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

However, this additional water comes from a resource that is steadily disappearing.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Water difficulties are forcing many Cubans to haul the precious resource for long distances, transporting it via wheelbarrows, bicycles, car trunks and even horse-drawn carts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It's a very small, finite resource for what's needed at the moment."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

To try to lessen these effects, the chart office would often “pencil in” a resource officer to the post of a senior officer who was sick or on vacation.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Writing on X, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the case was "very serious" and that "all resources of the security forces and the judiciary are fully mobilised".

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

McKinney acknowledged he can’t do anything about a lack of housing as city attorney, but he can better manage the way L.A. throws resources at the problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

She has asserted that Venezuela will retain sovereignty over its natural resources and defended the choice of Betancourt.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

These methods can become unreliable when measurements contain noise, and they often require substantial processing resources.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Here she was, a young runaway with few resources.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis


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