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And is Trump, a man who purportedly hates the regime-change wars of the past, becoming ever more sympathetic with the idea of toppling the government in Tehran?
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Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
The lawsuit did not allege a specific number of visa violations, but included two screen shots of text messages purportedly showing workers acknowledging work for the company while on the B-1.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
The sirens continued as day broke Tuesday – an alarm purportedly for a ballistic threat, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Of those wounded, more than 40 have been taken to hospitals, Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, with residential buildings and other infrastructure severely damaged.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
Sometimes the mission has been fuzzy or concealed: not long after the White House deployed seven hundred marines to Los Angeles, purportedly to help quell the protests against immigration raids, photos spread of them detaining a protester.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
The lawsuit did not allege a specific number of visa violations, but included two screen shots of text messages purportedly showing workers acknowledging work for the company while on the B-1.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
The sirens continued as day broke Tuesday – an alarm purportedly for a ballistic threat, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
Of those wounded, more than 40 have been taken to hospitals, Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, with residential buildings and other infrastructure severely damaged.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
Sometimes the mission has been fuzzy or concealed: not long after the White House deployed seven hundred marines to Los Angeles, purportedly to help quell the protests against immigration raids, photos spread of them detaining a protester.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purportedly. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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