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“Brazil is now positioned to play an increasingly strategic part in supplying critical raw minerals to Western economies.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Some investors had been buying the SpaceX-heavy Baron funds recently as a play on Musk’s company.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
The team is rushing to get him ready in the hopes he can play at some point in the three-game group stage.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Instead, the black shiny faceless Phantom robot is engaged in "free play", manipulating a bunch of coloured kids blocks.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
You can pick it up on a stick, and it’ll still play dead.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing play
Mother's Day Words: What Mothers Do
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Reading: Literature - Middle School
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Reading: Literature - Introductory
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