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Earlier, he said he was being kept informed by the interior minister and that police were investigating "the background and all the circumstances".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
There were Civil Rights Movement clips playing in the background for some of the show.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026
In a subsequent interview, the governor said his Catholic background and the inequities in the criminal justice system influenced his refusal to sign off on executions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
My CPA background taught me to think in percentages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
A few have even taken selfies with the awful thing in the background.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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"I think grime is a product of immigration," he says, with some of the genre's biggest names and pioneers - like Wiley, Stormzy and Dizzee Rascal - all coming from similar backgrounds.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
For the first time, all members of the “big three” who negotiate the state’s behemoth budget — the governor, Assembly speaker and state Senate president — come from working-class, immigrant backgrounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Most of the victims were from foreign backgrounds.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
One limitation is that the study population did not include a sufficiently diverse range of ethnic backgrounds, which could affect how well the technology performs across different populations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
That made it nearly impossible to carefully check their backgrounds, to make sure they could be trusted with American secrets.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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