passages
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Davis was always a prominent figure in the case, writing a book about the murder that included self-incriminating passages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
There was the unraveling: a July report that passages of his thesis matched another scholar’s, an investigation, his resignation and, nine days later, his death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
These passages can occur months or several years apart.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Cofnas added that “Many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source,” and found similar issues in other papers written by Arday.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Kennedy and his crew had been patrolling passages in the Solomon Islands of the South Pacific, one of many World War II battlegrounds between the United States and Japan.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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