general

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The risk of an immune response is common to peptide drugs in general.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Retired US brigadier general Houston Cantwell, who has 400 hours of combat flight experience, said a pilot's training would likely kick in before he or she parachutes to the ground.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

In general, people need 35 years of qualifying national insurance contributions to get a full state pension.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The general wrote to Hancock that “the measure seemed to have their most hearty assent.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

French general Robert Nivelle had predicted a “rupture,” as he called it, in the German lines—a decisive blow that would end the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman