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For more than four decades, Kidjo, 66, has taken African sounds to global audiences, blending influences from her native Benin with funk, jazz and pop.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mark Perlmutter has treated patients hit by natural disaster and conflicts across 30 countries, including in his native United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Many of the migrants staying in Ceuta are young Moroccans who say they faced limited opportunities for better jobs and lives in their native country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yet the director considers the series’ standout moments to be those in Mallorquin, Nadal’s native Catalan dialect, in which the athlete appears at his most natural.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It is my first time trying out my newly learned words on a native speaker, and when she understands, it feels like magic.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
He said he felt being a unionist should not exclude him from putting his culture on display for the city's natives and visitors.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Scotland matters to him in a way that those many natives who have lived outside the country will recognise.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Not all the plants in the unamended soil are California natives or even drought-tolerant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
There they were taken in by the natives of the village of Ngarchelong, relying on them for food and shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Many natives, seeking to categorize the newcomers, were open to the possibility that they might belong to the realm of the supernatural.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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