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The Legislative Analyst’s Office does not anticipate the measure to result in direct state or local costs because the costs are meant to be covered by homeowners’ mortgage payments.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026
Both Rubis and ATF Fuels said recent drops in wholesale costs were now filtering through to local forecourts in Guernsey and Jersey.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Spence, who grew up in Oregon, had begun making the rounds of local spots and identified his early favorite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026
“I hired a woman here in Cleveland, and my thought was, we’ll get a little local presence—get the word out a little bit.”
From MarketWatch • Jul. 6, 2026
On the days when I wasn’t teaching, I also helped make ends meet as the director of the local United Service Organizations, or USO, assisting members of the military to find jobs and housing.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vocabulary lists containing local
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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