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However, due to the background warming around the globe, a La Niña year now is warmer than an El Niño year just a few decades ago.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
But if it’s a solo night, it’s like candles, lavender bubbles, lights are dim, jazz music is playing in the background, like Billie Holiday, and that is the ultimate reset.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
They showed the utility poles in the background were all standing upright, lines still strung between them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
And for the ambitious Vance, a soon-to-be father of four and Catholic convert, politics is always in the background.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The airbrushed apron said so in a neon.yellow-and-green font against a black background that matched the sign.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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