civil
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The Civil Guard said two people were identified through DNA samples taken from the seized clothing.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Preservationists have criticized the plan as disrupting a sacred sightline between the memorials to Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, designed as a statement of unity after the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Most of Gaudí’s original plaster models and plans were destroyed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, leaving his successors to piece together what they could and fill in the gaps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
He moved up quickly to become director of the Office of Civil Rights under Richard Nixon.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
And the subsequent political history of the United States then became an oscillation between new versions of the old tension, which broke out in violence only on the occasion of the Civil War.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing civil
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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