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Though he had found the case to be on solid ground, he now told the judge in a brief that it was marginal compared with other excessive-force prosecutions and that the woman’s injuries were minor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
“No parent would want the world to watch their child die,” Meadows told Alaska News Source.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told the Financial Times in March that the passage of its tankers was the result of diplomacy.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
After crashing his vehicle last week in Florida, Tiger Woods took out his phone and told a deputy, “I was just talking to the president,” before his arrest.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
“Yeah. He told me that he wouldn’t be where he is right now if it wasn’t for me and all the work I’ve done.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
