especial
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Under especial scrutiny is Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, the public face of Trump’s deportation ground game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
“It’s a shame,” Grandma kept telling Martha, who was named for her and was her especial pet.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Hospitality was, of course, very important to him, since all guests, all who seek shelter in a strange land, were under his especial protection.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
“One thing I leave in your especial care,” she said, the night before she left.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Sensible that I should speak and join the frolic, I opined that I should like to hear their especial call, having never heard human imitate that animal’s cry.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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