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taught

adjective as in instructed

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But all Mexican children are schooled in the what is taught as the nefarious U.S. legacy of invasions and land grabs.

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He has taught generations of principled conservatives from his position at Princeton, standing athwart the Rawlsian liberalism regnant in the academy.

I lower my shoulder, shoot through the force field, and barrel into the creature with all my body’s strength— just as Dad taught me when he tried and failed to teach me football.

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“But even very young children like being read to. Our own Miss Lumley taught me that.”

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If they can be taught to stop scratching and howling, then maybe...well, maybe so can I.” He gestured with his cigar.

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