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This spring, the county agreed to pay $4 billion to resolve thousands of claims from victims who said they were abused decades ago in county-run juvenile detention centers and foster homes.

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Hiring has slowed sharply since the spring, hurt by ongoing fights over U.S. tariffs and a crackdown on immigration that curtailed the supply of labor.

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That’s slightly lower than it was last winter, but higher than it was in the spring.

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In the spring of 2011, when revolution swept the Middle East and Syrians filled the streets demanding change, Bashar al-Assad’s government set in motion a campaign of arrests designed to instill fear in the population.

Woo reaches the fence and hops over it like he has springs attached to the heels of his feet.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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