department
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Posters placed along the County Antrim coast telling people not to go into Belfast Lough, due to "raw sewage" have not been placed by a Stormont department and are "misleading", a minister has said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“Americans are clearly adopting AI, but they are doing so with deep hesitation, not deep trust,” said Chetan Jaiswal, associate chair at Quinnipiac’s department of computing.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Tuesday and may be extended if it rains more, the health department said in a news release.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
It added that a joint mission between the children's charity Unicef, the World Health Organization and the regional healthcare department had highlighted "the role of unregulated private practices" and "the contribution of unscreened blood transfusions".
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Below me, the fire department stood staring in horror at their dry-rotted nets that had been torn to shreds.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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The Vocabulary of College
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Western Europe - Introductory
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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