citizen
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Because she acknowledged under questioning by customs officers that she’d once voted in a local election, despite not being a U.S. citizen.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
A federal jury convicted U.S. citizen Lu Jianwang of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China and obstructing justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
Clarke was born in Vancouver and was a dual citizen of Canada and the USA, having moved with his family to Phoenix when he was three.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
She was granted amnesty and became a U.S. citizen under the immigration reform bill signed by President Reagan in 1986.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
By the time of Anna’s death, the informal system of citizen policing had been displaced, but vestiges of it remained, especially in places that still seemed to exist on the periphery of geography and history.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Election Lingo
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