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[uh-fish-uhl] / əˈfɪʃ əl /




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The Myanmar leader will also attend a business forum and state dinner, the official said, with the two sides expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on labour cooperation.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

The agents who spoke to Gonyea visited multiple other people about online speech that day, according to a county elections official, delivering the same letter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Prior to Blanche's two posts on Sunday, Trump himself gave conflicting statements on the future of both the fund and his nomination of Blanche to be America's top law enforcement official.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The 39-day tournament brought more than 560,000 fans to SoFi Stadium for eight matches, 250,000 fans to 10 official fan zones and a projected $892 million in economic impact across L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

To provide an official reason for his visits to Haarlem, he started conducting a weekly prayer fellowship at the Beje each Wednesday morning.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Japanese officials have indicated they will use the program to raise the dollars they sell for yen without liquidating the Treasury portfolio that would otherwise pay for the intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Michigan health officials have confirmed the first two deaths linked to the ongoing cyclospora outbreak, a parasitic infection spread through contaminated food or water that can cause severe diarrhoea.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Health officials in Michigan have linked the deaths of two people with “significant underlying health conditions” to cyclosporiasis — making them the first deaths associated with the largest-ever cyclospora outbreak in the U.S.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Iranian officials denied any such communication and said they had no planned talks with the U.S.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

The officials at the school were accommodating, however, and instead of chastising him for his sometimes shoddy work, they awarded him a gold medal for becoming the youngest grandmaster in history.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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