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His successors have all grappled, largely unsuccessfully, with the consequences of that rupture.
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Those groups, and more recent successors, drew on strains of conspiracy theory-minded thinking that go back to the American Revolution, when many colonists believed that a corrupt British elite was plotting to strip them of their traditional liberties.
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Poison dart frogs go the extra (quarter) mile Male poison dart frogs, like many other frogs, are known for transporting their offspring from land to water by carrying the tadpoles on their backs.
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Domestic animals become feral by surviving on their own in the wild and raising their offspring without help from humans.
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Officers discovered the bodies of Amy Steadman, her daughter, and her daughter's four children on the evening of June 23 after a neighbor requested a welfare check at an apartment, according to the Mechanicville Police Department.
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Some proponents of the curriculum changes dispute arguments that children will be explicitly taught religion, saying the Biblical passages and stories will be taught in the context of world history.
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The political scions — and many of their family members — were divided by the 2024 presidential election.
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In late November in Jamnagar, India, the scions of two of the most powerful families in the world stood face-to-face.
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“Descendants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/descendants. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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