general
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She said that farmers in general are often under a lot of stress.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"In general, the more the sport grows, the better it is," Medvedev said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Snowflake’s AI coding agent CoCo reached general availability in February and has been adopted by over 9,100 accounts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
If no compromise is reached, the two sides could return to negotiations, or Blume and his team could call an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to vote on the most contentious parts of his agenda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was a rough sketch, but enough for everyone at the table to get the general idea.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
Residents of Amami-Oshima carry a strain of pacifism rooted in that painful wartime legacy, in which islanders felt they were abandoned to their fate by fanatical generals in distant Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Attorney generals in only four states — California, Texas, Florida and Illinois — even acknowledged receipt of Mexico’s demands, Velasco said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Former four-star generals, Pentagon officials and congressional staffers alike find a welcome reception in the industry they once oversaw.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
The idea to accommodate Nazi generals in comfort to lure them into indiscretions was a "brilliantly devious strategy", Albano said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Time and time again, presidents escalated—but stopped short of giving the generals what they said they needed.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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