rule
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The Islamic Republic was founded after an anti-Western uprising in 1979, and consolidated its rule through a subsequent eight-year war with Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
The Reconstruction Congress wrote this rule into the 14th Amendment and said “All persons born” here are citizens by birth.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
But they’re how you can tell we’re sticking up for the rule of law.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
But, as you can see in the chart above, this period of huge stock outperformance is the exception rather than the rule.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026
“No boxes in the cells!” cried the little guard in Dutch, as indignantly as though this had been a long-standing rule.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Speaking and Listening - Introductory
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