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This one, though, involved permanent ink and needles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
The UK has maintained a permanent base at Akrotiri since the 1950s and RAF operations to shoot down Iranian missiles and drones have been launched from there in recent months.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
He then offered a lighthearted alternative: “Maybe they could do a henna one, and then commit to make it permanent if we hire them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Initially, all ballots are the same color but eventually, after an unspecified number of votes, the ballots of the five permanent members will be a different color from those of the elected members.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
For by now, in addition to the workers whom we wanted to initiate into the system, we had three more permanent boarders: Thea Dacosta, Meta Monsanto, and Mary Itallie.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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