trafficked
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Interpol says a monthlong operation led by the international police body resulted in the rescue of nearly 30,000 live animals that were being trafficked.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Earlier, the Beatles had trafficked mainly in straightforward love songs, but in this one they sound less like a pop band and more like writers with literary depth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
What about, for instance, the child of a woman who’s illegally trafficked into the U.S. then gives birth here?
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
From the 15th to 19th Centuries, around 12-15 million African men, women and children were captured and trafficked to the Americas to work as slaves.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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