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Noun
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By the early 20th century, after several centuries of rape, disease, enslavement, and land confiscation by colonizers, rubber barons, and loggers, their numbers had been reduced to 300.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Sheridan’s shows tend to be ensemble showcases, making this tale of Texas oil barons a serious contender here.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Per Architectural Digest, another of the ship’s staircases could be converted into a water slide for the young princes and princess to use.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Jan. 2026
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As an example from the story, Walpole recalled how the three princes realized that a mule was blind in its right eye after observing that only the grass on the left side of the road had been eaten.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Earls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earls. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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