folk
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An ancient string instrument evolved into the flat-top acoustic guitar—an essential element in American folk, blues and rock.
At what point will media folk stop indulging such alleged legal expertise?
“The risk has reduced enough to where I think TSA has felt that they can sort of lean in here and allow folks to access certain parts of the airport,” Propis said.
From Los Angeles Times
Her father, Michael, said they chose her name as a nod to Australia, where the beloved folk song "Waltzing Matilda" is sung as an unofficial national anthem.
From Barron's
This action inspires lovely, shimmering visuals of delicate luminescence, but Mr. Cameron’s references to becoming one with the environment would make the most earnest hippie folk singer blush.
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