civil
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My dad, John, was a civil engineer and a kind and quiet guy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The 2021 Myanmar military coup that ousted the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi supercharged decades-old opposition to the state by ethnic groups and plunged the Southeast Asian nation into a full-scale civil war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
They cannot protect ill-gotten gains from civil asset forfeiture claims brought by a future attorney general.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
"There is a lot of investment in its stability," she explained, but "a margin of political space for civil and political rights is part of the stability calculus."
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
“It’s different from the civil case. You’ll still have to answer for Middlefield Prep’s delinquency charges.”
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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