departments
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Riverside police and fire departments responded to a call around 11:40 a.m. about “a reported person inside a drain tunnel screaming for help,” according to an incident report.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Pressed on whether he would make cuts of more than 2% a year to some government departments, he added: "We will carry that through to the 10-year plan and the spending review next year."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"We're already seeing the number of uninsured folks at emergency departments going up," said Mueller.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Mr. Healey’s budget claims to find a way primarily by tightening spending in other government departments to free up cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
If a company grows to twenty times its original size, the relative proportions of its departments will not stay the same.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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