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The origins of American liberty lay deep in the Puritan soil of New England as the cultural memory of Plymouth and the English Civil War energized the 18th century’s revolutionary spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
They manned the factories that built the arsenal that won World War II. Now a new generation will pour the foundations and lay the fiber that secures American economic strength for a new age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
An investigation has uncovered a series of alleged safeguarding failings linked to an east Belfast church where a man with 45 convictions was appointed as a lay pastor.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
I lay these facts alongside my decision to become a writer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
They have the full arsenal of CTs and MRIs—noninvasive brain scanners that can electronically "slice up" a brain and lay it out, level by level, like the floor plan of a house.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Poetry: Genres
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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