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The probes went to two other U.S. attorneys before Quiñones raised his hand to oversee it, people familiar with the assignment said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Photographer Brian Anderson, who first met Ferris for a newspaper assignment in 2002, broke the news of his death on his Naked City Facebook page.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Skubal was honored with the assignment, but he also was worried.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
AI chatbots have made large-scale cheating among students -- what some educators call "homework scams" -- easier than ever, allowing them to generate credible solutions to almost any written assignment within seconds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
It’s a memo, dated August 1939, regarding Willa’s assignment in Poland.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
"I have pretty much thrown in the towel on classic writing assignments for lower-level classes," Paustian told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Kelly’s temporary order specifically addressed the outlets’ White House “hard passes” and did not directly address Air Force One or pool assignments.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
This is what the hubbub about the meaning of a college degree misses: A degree is more than a credential achieved by completing homework assignments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
One of Mackie's early assignments saw him sketch the dress that Marilyn Monroe wore when she delivered her breathy rendition of "Happy Birthday Mr President" to John F Kennedy in 1962.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The envelope’s paper felt unusually thick, much better quality than the thin stuff our assignments were usually printed on.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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