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The nonprofit organization Ziegler founded, Marco Polo, published thousands of Biden's emails, intimate photos, text messages and other documents purportedly from Biden's iPhone backup and cloud storage, according to the lawsuit.
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arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
But those cancellations were purportedly aimed at stripping diversity, equality and inclusiveness elements out of state policies, not at forcing parents to register their newborns in person.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
The court filing does not further detail the correction or remedy Reina purportedly made.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
The year 2022 gave us Reddit Woman, who asked to switch tables in a fancy restaurant because she was seated near a crying baby, then was purportedly called an a**hole by the baby’s mother.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
But those cancellations were purportedly aimed at stripping diversity, equality and inclusiveness elements out of state policies, not at forcing parents to register their newborns in person.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
The court filing does not further detail the correction or remedy Reina purportedly made.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2025
The year 2022 gave us Reddit Woman, who asked to switch tables in a fancy restaurant because she was seated near a crying baby, then was purportedly called an a**hole by the baby’s mother.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appétit, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purportedly. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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