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By late 2022, the Ynys Môn MS was considering a different move altogether – swapping Cardiff Bay for Westminster by standing to become the island's MP.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
It requires admitting that the law is not standing outside these systems neutrally observing them.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
At those prices, “you’d better laugh, give it a standing ovation, applaud, put it on Yelp and Google—the whole works,” said producer and theater communications executive Jay Michaels.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
And though the majority of fire survivors remain displaced in temporary housing, the report did find that there’s been some improvement for survivors with standing, but damaged, homes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Then Tante Jans standing in her doorway with a look that froze in the bones the thought of bouncing a ball.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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