duty
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It was my duty to teach the canon, even if I didn’t agree with Didion, because my students needed to be aware of her.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The duty was introduced in 2010 as part of the Equality Act which merged previous anti-discrimination laws such as the Equal Pay Act and the Disability Discrimination Act.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello is still on duty to make sure she doesn’t go soft.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Boots, sun cream, toothbrush: players on World Cup duty have plenty of essential items to remember.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Her husband had been a police officer, a detective, who had lost his life in the line of duty, she said as she served us more and more of the delicious sweet bread.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Veterans Day Vocabulary
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The Constitution of the United States
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