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Recent Examples of nonresidentsLibrary cards for nonresidents The nonresident library cards offer unlimited borrowing.—Dallas Morning News,
12 Jan. 2026
The president said none of them had permission to operate in Mexico and that the military was unaware of the foreigners’ presence.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2026
Petit laid down the law on immigration, welcoming foreigners who respect France while telling agitators who hate the nation that nobody wants them around.
Buyers are already putting money behind methods that remain difficult for outsiders to assess.
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Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2026
Many Muslim-Americans feel as though their faith is being used as a cudgel against them in a political world that sometimes treats Muslim candidates as outsiders, rather than citizens.
Tori Retreats exists because founders Hildur Karlsson and Agnes Moltesdotter were once strangers themselves.
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Chloe Frost-Smith,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2026
The richest man in America, Elon Musk, has also at times appeared to have the thinnest skin, and embodies a generation of tech figures obsessed by what strangers say about them on social media.