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In March, Highland Council said it had initial discussions with the Home Office on an HMO, but it had not received a licence application.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
Turkish seismologist Süleyman Nalbant led a recently published study concluding that stress had been loading for over two centuries on the fault responsible for the initial quake.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Firefighters had thought they had extinguished the initial blaze and left with their equipment on Jan. 2.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
“When it’s going to have an impact is going to be when the manufacturing costs are equal to the performance improvements. And the initial data say this is very likely.”
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
During that initial interview, the farmer had seemed to be suffering from dementia: he had stared at the agent blankly.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Word Generation Science - Preparing a Scientific Investigation
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