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staff

[staf, stahf] / stæf, stɑf /




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Activists say that government agencies that help locate missing people are so short of staff and resources that searches are often delayed for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Former Times staff writer Nicole Santa Cruz contributed to this report.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

They also moved from a volunteer-run organization with a yearly stipend for employees to a paid model because, said Den Herder, “You can’t keep staff if you’re not paying them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Under current rules, European commissioners and their staff, senior officials and EU lawmakers pushing through legislation through parliament must publish information about their meetings with lobbyists.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The museum staff was left to wonder why the Paris police were fixing plumbing problems when the Louvre had its own plumbers.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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