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[poot] / pʊt /




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Abehsera, Kushner’s partner, described the video as “horrific,” and said it was a bad decision to put up the fence, one he attributed to an unnamed third-party contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Nicha Rowson, who lives near the tip with her husband and two children, has had to put up with it for almost two years now.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

And overnight Messi put Inter Miami on the map.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

A key theory put forward by campaigners is that the crash may have occurred because a major electrical failure caused the aircraft's main flight computers to reboot seconds after takeoff.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

A few hours later, while the exhausted Don Quixote was still asleep, they grabbed him and put him in the cage.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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