capital
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Ohio’s capital, named for Christopher Columbus, took down a 22-foot-high, 3-ton statue of its namesake from City Hall that year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to the Cuban capital in mid-May, and last week representatives of the US and Cuban militaries met at the gates of the US military base at Guantanamo Bay.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
SpaceX, which was founded in 2002, hasn’t raised new capital since a 2022 round that valued the company a $125 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
According to data from Dealogic, which conducts research on the capital markets, almost half of companies that have gone public in the last 30 years have seen their value decrease compared to when they listed.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
By early June, the Germans were within forty miles of Paris, close enough to bombard the French capital with the long-range guns the Allies called Big Berthas.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing capital
Some Tricky Homonyms
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Name On: Pro Sports Team Names, Part 1
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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