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Verb
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This included the whole of California, Nevada, and Utah, southwest Wyoming, western Colorado, Arizona north of the Gila River, and the western portion of what is now New Mexico, bordered by the Rio Grande to the east.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
10 Apr. 2026 -
The six-story, 470,000-square-foot building, bordered by Eighth, Ninth, G and H streets, had long been derided by Sacramento Superior Court and city leaders as too obsolete, undersized, and unsafe to conduct court business.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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It’s bounded by the Arden Hills Army Training Site on the north, east and south and the Rice Creek Corridor on the west.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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Miller opened the dog crate, and with some coaxing, C31F stepped out and bounded down the hill out of the yard and to the safety of the railroad.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Looked down (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looked%20down%20%28on%29. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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