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receiving
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In that environment, people are not just receiving information.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
22 Apr. 2026 -
But the fact that users were receiving phishing messages on WhatsApp two weeks before the formal notification went out is worth sitting with.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Defunding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defunding. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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