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Singh is also the head teacher of the primary school in Atmadpur village.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, they simply said the experimental therapy met the primary and secondary endpoints in the Phase 3 trial, the defined outcome that was being measured.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
For corporate issuers, we expect primary markets to be a bit choppier in the remaining months of the year as we see a step up in rates volatility, which is likely to weigh on spreads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“It was Paramount’s primary technology that they were looking to show off at the time,” says Relth-Miller of the studio that developed VistaVision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
In 1938, Helmuth graduates from primary school and starts at the Oberbau, the middle school at Brackdamm.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Today we review some results from a big week of primaries and explore what could have possibly compelled Jeanine Pirro to tell the truth in a legal filing.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
He became the latest party House incumbent to be ousted in the primaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
This time, progressive and Black political organizations have largely united behind McKinney in a historically Black district, making the incumbent vulnerable to the anti-establishment mood sweeping Democratic primaries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
There are still more primaries over the next few months, which could net as many as three more primary wins for the group’s endorsees.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
As a whole, the general election had been less grueling than the pitched battle of the primaries.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
One former lawmaker, Dallas’ Jason Villalba, knows what it’s like to be primaried by a GOP rival backed by insurgent groups.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
"I see the biggest upswing in the local races. Someone who is 65 years old, a farmer and county commissioner, he could easily be primaried by a younger cat using the technology."
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
Manchin brushed off the warning, saying, “I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022
“I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me. I’ve never run an election where I wasn’t primaried,” Mr. Manchin said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
He will die a senator or be primaried and spend the rest of his life just hanging out around the Capitol.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2015
In 1998, the Working Families Party began testing the strategy: primarying the worst incumbents, endorsing the best and running third-party races only when it made sense.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2019
In Rhode Island, it is former secretary of state Matt Brown and Bernie Sanders-organizer Aaron Regunberg primarying Raimondo and her lieutenant governor.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018
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