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People were coming from all over the world, really, and staying there and kind of setting up homes, intermarrying, um, the Peranakan culture are the Chinese who emigrated or migrated there, who married into indigenous Malay families and has become a whole new kind of culture.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026 -
Before the assignment, Grandberry, a second-generation American whose grandparents emigrated from Jamaica, didn’t understand how a person of color could identify as a Republican.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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In the mid-'60s, Rollins toured heavily in Europe, switching back and forth between more traditional and avant-garde approaches.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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As a result, the city is looking to other law enforcement alternatives; a couple months ago, Saratoga Mayor Chuck Page toured the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department in search of options.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Most days, a bottle of vodka journeyed from standing full in a cabinet to laying empty in a recycling bin.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
14 May 2026
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The group journeyed to a gothic mansion in La Jolla and dressed as Marie Antoinette in extravagant rococo dresses.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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“Defected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defected. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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