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The head is brown to black and has several ivory to yellowish spots, which helps separate it from its native counterpart, the smoke-tree sharpshooter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Lebanese army chief Rodolphe Haykal left on Saturday to meet his powerful Pakistani counterpart Asim Munir, with a Lebanon-based source telling AFP the visit was linked to the broader peace talks.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The clawback came ahead of President Trump’s meeting last month with Xi Jinping, his Chinese counterpart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Xi will be in North Korea from 8-9 June at the invitation of his counterpart Kim Jong Un.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
And to top things off, in August, in Los Angeles, Ulbrickson had watched his counterpart at Cal, Ky Ebright, win the sport’s most coveted award, an Olympic gold medal.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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