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Actual police data included in the ONS dataset also showed a 1% fall in recorded shoplifting offences to 509,566 in 2025, compared with 2024, despite recent surges in the crime.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Actual love for a “traditional” wife, Calarco concluded, gets in the way of a man “accepting the perks of patriarchy.”
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
Actual claims are also a lot lower now compared with the same week one year ago.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
Actual implementation of a plural domestic partnership registry, however, is still at least several months away.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Actual garbage goes back in the plastic bag, and we lay the postcard pieces on a flat patch of dirt.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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