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as in lining up
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as in recruiting
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In an effort to improve things, the city is recruiting two senior human resources analysts who will help oversee police and fire injury claims.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026 -
Multiple doctors involved in recruiting new resident physicians declined to speak with CNN.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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Storms organizing to our west late Wednesday evening move into North Texas overnight.—
Michael Autovino,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Human beings have built homes in many different environments, settling the area and organizing it into units such as cities, states, regions, and countries, each with its own points of interest.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Not long after enrolling at the prestigious law school, Brown caught the entrepreneurial bug.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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On the table is trading his Mercedes S-class for a hybrid or electric car and enrolling his son in a preschool closer to home to avoid that additional 10-mile drive.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Calling (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calling%20%28up%29. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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