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Adusah told police he left his wife in the middle of the night to meet a reverend in Ghana's capital Accra at 6am.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
The major motorways that strike west from the capital bypass the county entirely; the trains from London Waterloo to the local station at Dorchester take a leisurely three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Both Lumentum and Coherent have benefited from a surge in hyperscaler capital spending that has boosted their shares 1,648% and 462%, respectively, over the past 12 months.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
GE Aerospace uses AI for design, monitoring, inspection, and worker productivity, benefiting from aerospace’s high capital intensity and regulation.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
In Paris, people were shouting, “To Berlin!” while in the German capital, crowds urged their army on to Paris.
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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