citizen
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Florida Highway Patrol officers pulled over Kenny Laynez, a U.S. citizen who was en route to a landscaping job with his mother and two co-workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
If you’ve become a U.S. citizen less than 15 days before the election, you still may be able to register and vote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Researchers combined DNA analysis with museum specimens, field surveys, citizen science observations, and studies of insects raised in captivity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
The sculptor and his workmen look like miniature figures as they work on the 14-meter monument in honor of the pope, who is a Peruvian citizen.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
He’d be impressed by that, because he’d run for town council once and was always talking about “what a pleasure and a privilege it is for one citizen to serve another.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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Arab Israelis, also known as Palestinian citizens of Israel, account for about 20 percent of the country's population.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Tran said passing the act would severely limit the ability of U.S. citizens to vote, especially women whose maiden names may differ from married names on government paperwork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The early-2020s surge of immigration actually benefited native-born citizens, Rutgers University’s Jennifer Hunt and two co-authors find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Councils, citizens and communities cannot afford the cost of remediation, nor can they afford to wait any longer for action."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The sophisticated Griswold worried that too many intelligent citizens were being duped by what he considered ghostly nonsense.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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