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Her husband’s political movement and his foundation, which exposed corruption in high places, were declared extremist organizations in 2021 and barred from operating in Russia.
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Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Lions bay up in high places, and the hounds follow.
—Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
Moreover, the department depended on a system of watchmen perched in high places to spot the first glints of an inferno.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
There is magic in high places: at over 900 feet, Lewesdon Hill is the highest point in Dorset.
—Catherine Fairweather, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
As outlandish and self-aggrandizing as that may seem, Tania has allies in high places to help her on this holy mission.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 8 Aug. 2023
As the investigation peaked in late 2017, detectives stumbled onto startling evidence of Lin’s influence in high places.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
That stature, and his many connections in high places, seemed to at least partly explain why he was allowed to walk around St. Petersburg and potentially Moscow, apparently with no fear of arrest, even after he was called a traitor and supposedly exiled.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
Keep these plants in high places inaccessible to pets and small children.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 May 2023
Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Lions bay up in high places, and the hounds follow.
—Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 1 Feb. 2024
Moreover, the department depended on a system of watchmen perched in high places to spot the first glints of an inferno.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
There is magic in high places: at over 900 feet, Lewesdon Hill is the highest point in Dorset.
—Catherine Fairweather, Travel + Leisure, 28 Aug. 2023
As outlandish and self-aggrandizing as that may seem, Tania has allies in high places to help her on this holy mission.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 8 Aug. 2023
As the investigation peaked in late 2017, detectives stumbled onto startling evidence of Lin’s influence in high places.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 12 July 2023
That stature, and his many connections in high places, seemed to at least partly explain why he was allowed to walk around St. Petersburg and potentially Moscow, apparently with no fear of arrest, even after he was called a traitor and supposedly exiled.
—Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
Keep these plants in high places inaccessible to pets and small children.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 10 May 2023
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