ruby
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Ruby Duncan, a welfare-rights activist who led protests and founded Operation Life in Las Vegas, died on April 26 at 93.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Duncan was born Ruby Lee Phillips on June 7, 1932, near Tallulah, La., where her parents, Ida Bolden and Joseph Phillips, were sharecroppers on a white-owned plantation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Host Benton Hershaw and openers Ruby Setnik and Sam Campbell absolutely connected and killed.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Det Ch Insp Ruby Burrow said there was no indication at this stage of any ongoing threat to the wider public and asked for witnesses to come forward.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
I wait for the Grace she’s chosen to look shocked, to shriek at Ruby to get out of her seat.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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