civil
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The civil servant from Cardiff used the money towards a house deposit earlier this year with her partner.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Six airports suspended operations, the civil aeronautics agency said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
The court extended its decision to “any litigant who cannot afford to pay a private reporter” — a group that would include most parties in most civil cases across the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
This is the standard used in civil cases.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
If the warning sounded, Soviet civil defense planners explained, up to two million people could fit into the subway tunnels under Moscow.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing civil
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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