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The agency also alleged the company failed to carry out periodic inspections to identify unsafe conditions and work practices, or to provide proper training and personal protective equipment to some of its employees and contractors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
The role of a proper pregame/halftime show is to succinctly break down the action in a way that leaves the viewer enriched and informed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
"Players nowadays work at their limits. Without proper recovery time, their bodies cave in," Prof Laitano says.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
You only have to wait 90 minutes in the crushing D.C. heat to make it past the Secret Service checkpoint and into the Fan Fest proper.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
Because he was recently thinking about Handsome’s rules of manners and etiquette, he wondered if perhaps there was a proper way to address a hill, or any other geographical feature.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
Vocabulary lists containing proper
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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