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Melfi added that cost and insurance coverage remain major obstacles, and that people usually discontinue it because they can’t afford it.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
A major breach from that pattern may be a month and a half away.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
On the pitch she transformed the Lionesses, leading them to six major tournaments, culminating in final of Euro 2009 in Finland, which Germany won 6-2.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Bonta and the others are opposed to the merger, arguing it violates a 112-year-old U.S. antitrust law by knocking out a major competitor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
But it would not be until the early 1940s that a major breakthrough would allow more efficient undersea explorations, discoveries, and excavations in the form of an invention by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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The Vocabulary of College
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade 11)
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