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Called "high level incidents", the process allowed an internal investigation to take place without it being reported to regulators, thereby reducing the chance of external scrutiny.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Amid internal unrest about the new revelations, the foundation told employees it had opened an external review into its ties with Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
This approach eliminates the need for external optics or complicated detector arrays.
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Polling data on how people around the world view America inevitably makes for dry reading, but still exposes startling differences between how Americans see themselves and external perceptions.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
I recalled the voice I had heard; again I questioned whence it came, as vainly as before: it seemed in me—not in the external world.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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