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citizen

[sit-uh-zuhn, -suhn] / ˈsɪt ə zən, -sən /


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The photos were taken consensually, when Gallant was a private citizen, but what’s protecting him more than anything is that he looks good.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Right now they are stopping people with visas or with citizenship," a 48-year-old US citizen from Guatemala told AFP in Los Angeles.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Los Angeles could not exist the way that it does without stolen water,” AnMarie Mendoza, a Tongva citizen and University of California, Los Angeles doctoral researcher, told Salon.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Those killed at King Fahd International Airport were a Saudi citizen and an Indian resident, while the injured were Saudi, Indian, Yemeni, Bangladeshi and Nepalese nationals.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I’m an American citizen now. I never thought I’d be a refugee on a boat again.”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

"We consider it particularly unacceptable to uncritically report insulting remarks and messages targeting students and other citizens over their views," they said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Serbs from Kosovo, and dual Serbian citizens from neighbouring Bosnia also have the right to vote.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

But the AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said it would be a "major new global institution" that brings together "world-leading scientific expertise" to ensure the UK can safeguard its citizens and goals as AI develops.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Like a church, a town hall, or hôtel de ville in French, is a “common home where citizens marry, vote and honor their elders,” Mr. Lévy says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

“All citizens of The Mountain will go to their homes and await inspection!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff


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