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governess

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Recent Examples of governess The ladies Carnarvon, their daughters, and their guests—not to mention the governesses, maids, and cooks? — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 Maybe for a governess, but a maid? — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026 Their governess, Marion Crawford, educated them on the building’s third floor, offering a chronicle of the comfortable home in her 1950 memoir, The Little Princesses. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 24 Feb. 2026 Like many young women of her generation, Lady Anne was educated at home by a governess and reportedly excelled at music and languages. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for governess

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In Kansas, a Sedgwick police chief used Flock license plate readers to track his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend’s vehicles 228 times over four-plus months, The Wichita Eagle reported in 2024.

— Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Below is my full review of Hotel Wailea, voted the best hotel in Hawaii by T+L readers in 2026.

— Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026

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The primary care doctor helps protect the patient’s heart and bones and looks after the person’s overall health.

— Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
There are not yet significant clinical trials for these peptides, but some doctors, patients, wellness influencers, and Kennedy have voiced support for opening up the market for these drugs.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 23 July 2026

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Videos posted on social media show street preachers speaking with multiple police officers outside the event.

— Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
During a rare weekend at home, Godwin wrote the song — an allusion to his grandfather, Charles Godwin, a Methodist preacher — after putting the kids to bed one night.

— Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2026

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Cleaver’s Republican challengers include Army veteran Brad Patty, business professor Brett Hueffmeier, former county clerk and Navy Reserve Cmdr.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Leaving a private organization to collect sensitive information introduces risks, including that it could be stolen or used for business purposes, said Hoffman, the Case Western professor.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeley Law (ACLU Presidential Prize); and Elizabeth Foster, a South Carolina advocate for the freedom to read (the also-new ACLU Next Generation Leader in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties award).

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 25 July 2026
Florida International University’s incoming interim law school dean wasn’t just passed over as a finalist during the university’s national search.

— Austin Horn July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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Rarely is there much conceptual overlap between the categories of pedant and genius.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 27 June 2026
Avery, the heroine of Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel, Flat Earth (Catapult, $26), spends many turgid nights with a pedant.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025

Definition of pedant

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The framing story follows Toño, a struggling writer, would-be academician and lifelong devotee of traditional Peruvian creole music.

— Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 24 May 2026
Church did not, however, neglect the National Academy, and in 1849—in the midst of bloody riots pitting nativists against immigrants and New York’s working class against the wealthy—he was promoted to full academician status.

— Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

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