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In August, the strike group transited the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The French started to plunder Spanish ships on their voyages to Spain, and the English quickly joined in—their attacks shaped, in part, by the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, which spawned anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish sentiment.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Based on the true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
And then the English joined in, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail containing the blood and sweat of the crucified Christ to Glastonbury.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The French started to plunder Spanish ships on their voyages to Spain, and the English quickly joined in—their attacks shaped, in part, by the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, which spawned anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish sentiment.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Based on the true story of Mercedes Gleitze, who in 1927 became the first British woman to swim the English Channel.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
And then the English joined in, claiming that Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail containing the blood and sweat of the crucified Christ to Glastonbury.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
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