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He added that "students from the Northeast, who had parents with personal memories of 9/11, were more careful about this, remarking on the sensitivities in their family about the subject."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
That gap between subject matter and classroom time extends beyond a single campus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The left-back, who has been the subject of interest from Manchester United, has agreed a two-year extension to his original deal.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
That title refers in part to George W. Bush, but chiefly to Saddam Hussein: It was Nixon who first interrogated the notorious Iraqi leader, a slippery subject and indignant prisoner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
HOLOSECURITY: Passcode required for emergency teleportation of subject Dr. Maria Sabio.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Many deaf children in Kenya learn a patchwork of makeshift signs, and the local dialect lacks many technical terms used to teach subjects like maths and biology.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The exam was cancelled after a 2024 paper leak and again this year after the NTA cited errors in three subjects.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mr. Wade the folklorist provides thumbnail biographies for each of his subjects, several informed by in-person interviews, while Mr. Wade the musician breaks down the idiosyncrasies and innovations of their techniques and lyrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Add to that underfunding for schools, a shortage of sufficiently trained teachers, and bias among schools when it comes to more traditional subjects.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I have at my disposal very important materials on many subjects of exceptionally great interest and importance to your government.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The 77-year-old singer-songwriter says the family has been subjected to “pressure” and “insensitivity” from strangers following the death of Dolly, who died on Aug. 25 after a private battle with cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 437-page report written by a panel of three judges in 2021 found that the state had shirked its duty to protect Caruana Galizia and subjected her to personal attacks and verbal abuse from politicians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
He realized that tumors provide an ideal setting for investigating these effects because cancer cells are often subjected to significant mechanical forces.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Research has found that autistic schoolchildren are subjected more to exclusion and bullying than their peers.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Indeed, for most of us this is of less importance than the innumerable small-scale exposures to which we are subjected day by day, year after year.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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If USC had maintained its traditional rivalry scheduling with Notre Dame this season, they would have sold out the Coliseum on Thanksgiving Saturday instead of subjecting a sparse August crowd to possible heatstroke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
It would also make it an offence to remove a person from Northern Ireland for the purposes of subjecting them to conversion practices.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 and has since conducted six nuclear tests, subjecting it to multiple United Nations resolutions, and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
She still had a slight accent, and she did not like to speak in public, subjecting herself to her classmates' ridicule.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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