colleague
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In another exchange, Tsurui expressed frustration with a colleague who had offered what he thought was an overly optimistic timetable for installing new plate readers.
From Los Angeles Times ⢠Jun. 9, 2026
The research began almost 20 years ago when Quitterer received brain tissue samples from a colleague at Ain Shams University Hospital in Cairo.
From Science Daily ⢠Jun. 8, 2026
A conservative colleague had warned him not to file the bill, Murphy told ProPublica, recalling the man’s words: “I can no longer protect you from who’s going to come after you.”
From Salon ⢠Jun. 8, 2026
That fiery, no-nonsense tack sometimes works against him, said Steve Levy, a colleague of Tortorella’s during his time as an analyst for ESPN.
From The Wall Street Journal ⢠Jun. 5, 2026
The Soviet Union’s head of state and a close colleague of Stalin’s, Chairman Mikhail Kalinin, gave a speech in July 1945 addressed to the “Glorious Daughters of the Soviet People.”
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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