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been

[bin, ben] / bɪn, bɛn /




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Andrew says he told Arter to phone family in the UK - and then heard him tell them that she had been unwell.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

Gasoline prices have been above $4 a gallon for much of 2026 due to the Middle East war.

From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026

Once the system had been trained, the team tested it against two additional datasets: two years of anonymized EKG records from a San Diego hospital system and a separate collection of patient data from Taipei.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

An inquest in the UK later found that Rebekah's organs had been inexplicably "chopped up" into small pieces by a pathologist in Barbados.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

“This is a good idea. I’ve been alone for a while now… It’s not wrong to want a personal life. Why should this be a big deal? It’s not…” Dad says, answering his own question.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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