annual
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In its annual defense report published earlier this month, Tokyo identified the close cooperation between Russia, North Korea and China as a security risk to Japan and its allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The defendants were leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance, the group that organised annual vigils in the city's Victoria Park.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
South Korea's annual military exercises with the US come to an abrupt end on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The SSA’s administrative budget has fallen from 1.2% of benefit outlays in 2017 to 0.86% currently, which represents an annual loss of $3 billion in operating revenue, the union said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 1921, students from white Trinity College paid their annual visit to black Wall Street Church.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Where there had been a jungle of weeds and vines, perennials and annuals bloomed thanks to avid volunteer gardeners and contributions from locals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Koons said he’s excited to use native succulents and drought-tolerant plants as well as perennials and annuals that will provide a richness of color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025
And the exception was the 80th anniversary of the first book, when the Dundee-based publisher released The Broons and Oor Wullie annuals in the same year.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2023
These plant species include ferns, herbs, shrubs, vines and trees, annuals and perennials, grasses and forbs, plants of the tropics, subtropics, temperate and boreal zones, and conifers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
Because of this ease of domestication, big-seeded annuals were the first, or among the first, crops developed not only in the Fertile Crescent but also in China and the Sahel.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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