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as in treated
to behave toward in a stated way
it's important to deal with others fairly
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as in concerned
to have (something) as a subject matter
this textbook deals with the history of France
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The woman had minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Deputies tried reviving him and called paramedics, who also treated the defendant.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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This has real implications not only for Pakistan’s internal security but also for regional actors concerned about spillover effects.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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Regulators are concerned the system fails to adequately detect and warn drivers about degraded visibility from glare, fog, or dust.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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The attack on the Michigan synagogue took place on the same day as a former Army National Guard member who served years in prison for attempting to aid the Islamic State group opened fire on a classroom at Old Dominion University in Virginia, killing one person and wounding two others.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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But that skepticism served as fuel for some Horned Frogs like leading scorer David Punch.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
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Thompson and Allen covered the net in all three games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Superstorm Sandy, which in 2012 flooded New York City and neighbors, had tropical storm-force winds that covered an area nearly one-fifth the area of the contiguous United States.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Rose began his Mets broadcasting career in 1987 as a pregame and postgame host who occasionally handled play by play.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tom McCoy, a former NACLO winner who is currently a competition organizer and computational linguistics researcher at Yale University, works to bridge the gap between how language is handled in large language models and how it’s described in linguistic theory.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Dealt (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dealt%20%28with%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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