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Noun
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The ministry confirmed a report aired Sunday by the Austrian public broadcaster ORF, which said Austrian authorities suspected the three diplomats of engaging in spying activities using antennas on the roofs of the Russian Embassy in Vienna and a diplomatic compound in the Donaustadt district.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026 -
The military hard-liners of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps must be stopping the civilian diplomats from making a deal.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Body camera video of his arrest obtained by NBC News showed armed deputies swarming around Shaknovsky, who had two passengers in the back seat when he was apprehended.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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The morning of May 6, deputies with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a house in the 500 block of East Branch Street.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Shell and Maersk will be closely watched as direct proxies for the energy and shipping disruption.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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Starmer and other officials have repeatedly warned that hostile states were intent on using proxies to conduct attacks in the UK.—
April 30,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Marco Polo’s Il milione gained widespread popularity among 13th- and 14th-century Europeans, and accounts from missionaries and explorers were published for audiences who often financed these voyages.—
Suzanne Dundas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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In the 1890s, LDS missionaries brought their faith to Tonga, an archipelago in the South Pacific.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Consuls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consuls. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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