citizen
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Dr Kate Lewthwaite, citizen science manager at the Woodland Trust, said a historic map of Grantham recorded the oak being in place from the 1800s.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Now, however, I am a senior citizen who can look at events with the benefit of perspective and hindsight, and thus I have decided to forgive Don Nelson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“As a citizen, I want the government to take seriously the protection of my private data,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Settlers near Nablus since Sunday have blockaded Palestinian homes, including one owned by a US citizen, with residents saying they have been cut off from food and other supplies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
As a good citizen, she never tried to publicly contradict her country.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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Around 4.5 million EU citizens have long-term settlement rights in the UK which means they are eligible to claim benefits.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Perhaps, someday in the future, the spirit of 2020 will be revived with a new galvanizing philosophy: Most of our fellow citizens might actually be good people.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
“You can’t create a good management idea unless you talk to the citizens and see what people want.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Quiñones’ unit led a separate effort to find additional cases by reviewing whether people who’d recently become citizens had voted before they were naturalized, then lied about it in naturalization interviews.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Few Russian women who became pilots in the Soviet Union’s state-sponsored clubs in the 1980s and early 1990s can afford to fly as private citizens now that the Soviet Union no longer exists.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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