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as in violating
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as in invading
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Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.—
Kate Payne,
Orlando Sentinel,
23 Dec. 2024 -
That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Dec. 2024
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Just a few decades later, however, historic records describe sand dunes and scrublands invading the green valleys, water shortages, and in 1578 a massive El Niño flood that nearly ended the young colony.—
Ari Caramanica,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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Led by Marcel Malanga's father, Christian Malanga, a Congolese political exile who ordinarily lived in Utah, the group of men attacked the home of a senior Congolese politician on May 19, 2024, before invading Kinshasa's sprawling presidential complex.—
NPR's International Desk,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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Another interesting statistic is that after breaching minus 8%, the market was higher 30 days later 70% of the time.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
20 Dec. 2024
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Law enforcement waited some 77 minutes at the scene before breaching a classroom and killing the gunman.—
Jenny Wagnon Courts,
ABC News,
19 Dec. 2024
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But this silence comes at a cost, stifling innovation and entrenching outdated methods.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
3 Mar. 2025
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Every year, Israel was more deeply entrenching itself in the West Bank, which would be the heartland of a Palestinian state.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Infringing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infringing. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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