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Such terrible deprivations the newcomers to our land must endure while guzzling nips, smoking weed and driving the wrong way on our interstate highways.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026 -
The first season’s view of the deprivations of reality TV captured the apocalyptic feeling of Hollywood in the early aughts, the sense that reality, cheaper to film than a standard network show, would mean the end of jobs.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Last fall, federal authorities announced a wave of criminal indictments, forfeitures, sanctions and asset freezes targeting North Korea’s illicit cyber activity.—
Lisa Cavazuti,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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The revelation led to medal forfeitures, and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) also suspended the International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS), now known as Virtus, in 2001.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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To date, the device has met a key performance benchmark, with an average effective stiffness of 5 kN/mm over small displacements.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Effective leaders find opportunities for augmenting their business through technology while protecting their brands and reputations from potential backlash to AI and robotics if they are associated with job displacements and negative economic and/or social impact.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The analysis, released Friday by the California Department of Insurance and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, found that meeting wildfire safety standards for roughly 30,000 homes within the Eaton and Pacific Palisades burn areas would significantly cut average annual losses.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Corona del Mar’s boys volleyball team recently suffered a couple of losses in the Sunset League.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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Data cited in the case shows Black students and students with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by expulsions in Cobb County.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The plan also aims to boost a culturally responsive curriculum, including lessons on Black history and culture, and reduce out-of-school suspensions and expulsions for Black students by 40%.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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After eight episodes, six banishments (both failed and successful), and one controversial blue sweater, Colton Underwood was officially murdered on The Traitors, thus ending the time of one of Season 4’s most controversial contestants.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
6 Feb. 2026
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Underwood has been one of the most vocal Faithfuls this season and has led the charge on a number of misguided Faithful banishments, giving Rinna some room to maneuver out from under his argument.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Senate bill does not include ICE reforms, but House Democrats were prepared to vote for the deal since funding for deportations would continue to be stalled.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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The lack of an annual budget will hardly be a roadblock to mass deportations.—
Nick Miroff,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Dispossessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessions. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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