local
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Just having their support for local businesses like ours is what it's all about.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Many parents and teachers have raised concerns that local authorities are under the influence of the AI industry, which has broadly been pushing its wares for government use.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Those plans met fierce opposition from environmental groups and local communities concerned about climate impacts, coal dust, rail traffic and other potential downsides.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
After the departure of the British in 1971, a Vietnam-weary America enlisted its local allies to protect the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Without his questions I might not have realized that the call must have been local.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing local
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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