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A second draft of the letter, dated March 4, contained altered language providing that the voter information would be “transferred” to HSI, with one exception: Voters’ party affiliation would be redacted, if possible, it said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
When Thoreau visited the scene a few days later, he “found women who had already altered the gowns of the passengers—presumably including Fuller’s—that their husbands and sons had stolen from the beach.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And then there’s just how enormously California’s natural places have altered and disappeared in the century since the last grizzly was killed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Most types are caused by an altered gene being passed to a child by their parents and blood tests can be used to confirm a diagnosis.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Possibly his experience with the bounty hunter Phil Resch had altered some minute synapsis in him, had closed one neurological switch and opened another.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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