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Pete Adams, general manager at the Moxy Hotel, in Plymouth, joined the call for a cut to VAT for the hospitality sector.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
"We think it is unfair to pass that burden on to the general public, so we will propose a new financial model that is fair to both solar producers and consumers."
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
“We have a general snap count that he’s always going to have going into the game,” defensive coordinator Chris Shula said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Research published in September by the Brookings Institution also found this connection, projecting that if the pattern held in the general election, tens of thousands of mail-in ballots could be rejected.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Based on old charts and journals, Parks Canada searchers had a general idea of where they believed the sunken ship originally lay.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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One new sleuth is Carter Church, a 27-year-old AI engineer who decrypted a 19th-century letter to one of Napoleon's generals.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Foran said that at the time, the colonies that later became Canada relied on Great Britain and its Royal Navy for its defence, as well as indigenous peoples who served as generals in major battles.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
As of Sept. 30, 2023, there were 809 active-duty generals and admirals, 48 fewer than the maximum of 857, according to the Congressional Research Service.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
By one account, he has blocked the advancement of more than 80 generals and admirals.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
In addition to the vice minister of justice, Russian doctors, dignitaries from other health organizations, and ten Russian generals in olive drab uniforms sat on one side of the assembled tables.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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