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In 2024, Cuba has suffered island-wide rolling blackouts that lasted more than a week, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated from the island and the social safety net once provided by the government all but evaporated.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
19 Dec. 2024 -
Yet when his family emigrated to Perth in the early part of the century.—
Asif Burhan,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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On Saturday, January 4, Joslyn Gorman, one of the 35-year-old pop sensation's backup singers — who has toured with her for years — posted an Instagram carousel featuring two photos with Swift.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Newsom toured some of the neighborhoods consumed by flames.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Defected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defected. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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