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Driving along the wall that separates the two countries, we saw service roads built by Israel after the invasion, intense movement of Israeli soldiers and residential buildings that were being used by them.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Dixit, noting the millions of international aid being pledged for Nepal, said the government will be judged on how it is used.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Cargo is never categorized as imports and only goes through minimal customs checks before being shifted between aircrafts, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“People are going to pay attention. People are going to have an opinion. It’s part of being a blueblood school.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
I ask, pointing to a portrait of a woman who’s gone limp and is being held up by fellow protesters.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But “Snake Men,” in the end, has far less to do with these lissome creatures than with the human beings intent on naming them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"I believe that only then will we be able to begin to heal and move forward -- not as adversaries, but as human beings and as peoples equal in dignity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
This stuff has been designed intentionally to mimic human beings, and we are very, very easily fooled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He said police officers were human beings who were your ordinary relatives, friends, parents, partners and colleagues.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The beings of thought, of land, and of air lived in harmony with the beings of water for an age.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
