especial
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Under especial scrutiny is Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, the public face of Trump’s deportation ground game.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
“His case in your diary interest me much, and it had bearing, too, now and again on our case. I should much like to see him, and especial when his mind is disturbed.”
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Most especial if Matt was there himself to listen.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
She hated all Trojans, of course; she never forgot the judgment of Paris and she had been Troy’s bitterest enemy during the war, but she felt an especial hatred for Aeneas.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Sensible that I should speak and join the frolic, I opined that I should like to hear their especial call, having never heard human imitate that animal’s cry.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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