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as in barely
by a very small margin
I was just over the minimum age requirement for the senior citizen discount
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as in right
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
the length of the curtain is just right
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as in simply
for nothing other than
got this present just for you
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as in justified
being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong
a just punishment should fit the crime
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as in logical
based on sound reasoning or information
there are just reasons for the state's ban of the private use of fireworks
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as in nice
conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue
they are a just people who are guided by a firm belief in God and a love of traditional values
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as in honest
following the accepted rules of moral conduct
the sort of just conduct that we expect of every soldier
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as in honorable
guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong
stopping to help a stranded motorist is simply the just thing to do
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as in equal
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias
a just appraisal of the political situation over there
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Her husband, Brent Andrew Reynolds, also died at 35 just a few months before, his obituary said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2026
For anyone even remotely familiar with military purchases (which can take many months to years), this could reduce procurement timelines from many months to just days.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
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But Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Stjepan Radelijic held back Sergiño Dest just outside the box, forcing the referee to pull out a yellow card and give the USMNT a grade-A opportunity to pull away a bit in the 80th minute.
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Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
Her husband, Brent Andrew Reynolds, also died at 35 just a few months before, his obituary said.
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Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Adjective
Instead of cumbersome stakes and poles, the tent obtains its shape with just air.
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Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2026
For anyone even remotely familiar with military purchases (which can take many months to years), this could reduce procurement timelines from many months to just days.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 June 2026
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That did not go well and still went exactly according to plan.
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As historian Anton-Hermann Chroust notes, many lawyers in the colonies did exactly that.
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Everyone is over the moon with the experience, especially Aesha, who can barely contain her happiness; the night set the bar very high for the rest of the season.
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But as JuJu Watkins took her place in front of a microphone for the first time since returning to practice this summer, the USC superstar barely could contain her gratitude.
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Panama coach Thomas Christiansen lamented a new World Cup rule that has left his team mathematically eliminated before their final Group L game, with today's clash against England offering only a chance to claw back some pride.
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Olympic gold medalist Arisa Trew secured her second winning result of the weekend with a switch McTwist — a 540-degree twist taking off from her opposite side while grabbing the middle of the board — during women’s vert best trick, which featured a field of athletes averaging only 16 1/2 years old.
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Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.
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According to Jackson’s account, Fong said her father, the village headman, removed large pieces of wreckage from the crash site and organized the burial of McKinney’s body right there.
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Those challenges remind us that what some once viewed as threatening, others saw simply as a happy family that did not look like most others.
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Rubin suggests parents emphasize the idea that having or doing everything is simply not possible, even for adults.
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Unfortunately, there are several instances of bettors harassing players lately.
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He’s been working at an insane clip lately, with this marking his sixth film of the 2020s.
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If that underlying logic is stripped away, policymakers may feel justified in reversing these successful, health-promoting policies.
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These are entirely justified responses to Russian strikes against our state.
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Following the logical evidence feels like Detective 101, but their boss is gunning for an arrest so Gonzales gives in to Baxter’s impulse.
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Under this framework, participating engineering teams must successfully demonstrate operational quantum hardware that utilizes a specific range of low-hundreds logical qubits before the 2028 deadline.
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