resident
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Within minutes of meeting Waterhouse and seeing the Topolino up close, resident Jay Burlage walked by wondering what he was looking at.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"It was very loud. It was strong enough to set off car alarms," a resident in a southern area of the city, near the base of the secret service, told BBC Amharic.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Under current rules, if a Pacific Palisades resident who lost their home in the fire sold the vacant lot for, say, $6 million, they would owe $240,000 in transfer taxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A local resident who rang the police said she saw a group of masked men near the vans, which were blocking a road in a village next to the military base.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Justice Albert Louis Sachs, one of the writers of South Africa’s first democratic constitution, is a resident of Clifton, South Africa, the Cape Town beach community off which the São José sank.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Of the 6,596 marriages involving non-Scottish residents last year, 3,492 took place in the Dumfries and Galloway town, meaning it alone accounted for more than half of Scotland's destination weddings.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“LASD officers went door-to-door, while patrol cars used PA systems to alert residents to evacuate,” the report found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It informed an additional 17,000 residents that they “may be subject” to the surcharge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But others say Seoul has few realistic options for retaliation without further burdening border residents already exposed to disruption and danger.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
With a market area of shops, churches, and taverns, it was home to about seven hundred residents, about half of whom were enslaved African Americans.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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