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They covered their faces with wet handkerchiefs as they had no proper masks on hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Beckham was convicted last Thursday at Westminster Magistrates' Court of being a driver not in a position to have proper control.
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
You only have to wait 90 minutes in the crushing D.C. heat to make it past the Secret Service checkpoint and into the Fan Fest proper.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026
As the philosopher Eamonn Callan has argued, a proper love of country requires citizens to be clear-eyed about its faults.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
I promised up and down that I’d buy a proper meal and not wander off too far.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing proper
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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