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Christopher Columbus’s son, Diego Colón, Hispaniola’s governor, granted him an encomienda, or consignment of Indian laborers, on the north coast of the island in the Cibao Valley.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025 -
The figure in Nepal is even higher — 20% — which observers say has pushed young people to leave the country in droves to find jobs in neighboring India as well as in other regions such as the Middle East, where they’re often employed as laborers.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) distributes benefits to more than 70 million people, including retirees, disabled workers and the families of deceased wage earners.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
19 July 2025
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Proslavery propaganda in the antebellum South insisted that Northern wage slaves were worse off than Southern chattel slaves.—
Sarah Churchwell,
The New York Review of Books,
11 June 2019
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The adult beetles emerge in late spring to early summer, but the larvae, or grubs, also are responsible for chewing on turf grass roots in mid to late summer.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 Aug. 2025
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The bar serves pub grub including nachos ($11.50), chicken wings ($16.50) and sandwiches (around $15), plus globally inspired appetizers ($10 to $12).—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
23 Aug. 2025
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Yet, despite all the hacks, trackers and motivational quotes, many of us still struggle to stick with our health goals.—
Masha Remskar,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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Another hack is to use a little leave-in conditioner to keep it moisturized and to mask any emerging smells.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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The installers were jobbers who worked for one of the big-box retailers.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
26 July 2025
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Now the last-place Sox are the beleaguered jobbers taking a beating at their home park.—
Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Aug. 2023
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Take the power play out of the equation, because that was a team-wide issue (which may be resolved with new assistants to lead the way), and Barzal’s five-on-five numbers paint a stronger picture.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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During his tenure at ICM, Broder established an agent trainee program to help educate newcomers and boost the career prospects of assistants, coordinators, colleagues and young agents.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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For instance, Gilbert was into extreme weather, Kelly said, and had subordinates brief him on terms such as bombogenesis.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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In pursuing first the transport minister’s former subordinates and then the man himself, Putin was deploying a strategy that has also been seen elsewhere, including at the defense ministry.—
ANDREI KOLESNIKOV,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Sep. 2025
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