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In recent weeks, officers have broadened their approach to make more arrests near gates and ticket counters at airports from San Francisco to Miami and Kansas City, Mo.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Behind them, cookbooks line the shelves, fruit has been arranged decoratively across the counters and every surface gleams with aspirational domestic ease.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

In their robust defense in June, Carvalho’s attorneys, with the firm Holland & Knight, provided specific counters to some allegations and dealt with others by category.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

If Spain take the ball off France and stop their counters - plus if they are more efficient than they have been - they have a very good chance of making it to the final.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

If the caretaker had looked more closely, in fact, he would have seen that the kitchen counters were somewhat shinier than they should have been in an empty house.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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