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as in to contain
to be made up of
the mall comprises three department stores and 80 smaller shops selling specialized goods
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as in to constitute
to be all the substance of
at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country
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The other new California additions aren't as interesting or camper-specific, comprising more aesthetic updates across the entire Multivan lineup.
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New Atlas,
26 June 2026
The institution, located in the southwestern part of the country, beat out a shortlist comprising the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge; the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, near England’s central eastern coast; and the National Gallery and the V&A East Storehouse, both in London.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
26 June 2026
There’s an ever-growing cottage industry of restoration houses that are focused on celebrating models that comprised the backbone of the stateside market at the latter part of last century.
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Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Those requests would have comprised approvals for payments to various experts to review and interpret evidence, in addition to billable hours filed by his attorneys Anne Taylor, Jay Logsdon and Elisa Massoth.
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Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
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New Atlas,
26 June 2026
The institution, located in the southwestern part of the country, beat out a shortlist comprising the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge; the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, near England’s central eastern coast; and the National Gallery and the V&A East Storehouse, both in London.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 June 2026
There’s an ever-growing cottage industry of restoration houses that are focused on celebrating models that comprised the backbone of the stateside market at the latter part of last century.
—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
26 June 2026
Those requests would have comprised approvals for payments to various experts to review and interpret evidence, in addition to billable hours filed by his attorneys Anne Taylor, Jay Logsdon and Elisa Massoth.
—
Kevin Fixler
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
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Firefighters, meanwhile, quickly contained the blaze to a 10-by-10-foot area.
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Each kit contains five breakfasts and five lunches.
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What constitutes treason is emerging as an early theme of House of the Dragon’s third season.
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On June 18, the Florida Supreme Court rejected the argument that the execution would constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment given Spencer’s age.
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Foreign rescue teams — including three from the United States — were racing against time in the aftermath of twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela's northern coast as the death toll from the disaster increased, officials said.
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That includes the 2013 Supreme Court decision that allowed states and counties with a history of discriminatory voting rules to make changes without prior approval from the Department of Justice.
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Music for this episode was composed by Ramtin Arablouie, and his band, Drop Electric, which includes Navid Marvi, Sho Fujiwara, and Anya Mizani.
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The mosaic is composed of nine photographs, each covering an area of the sky larger than the Moon.
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Your 11th House of Friends tilts against routines as the instinctive Moon forms a quincunx to passionate Mars in your 6th House of Work.
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In Darwin’s day, of course, the processes by which gametes are formed and then fused had yet to be discovered.
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“Comprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprise. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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