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[raw] / rɔ /






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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has said he doesn’t want Brazil to become merely another exporter of raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

We were taken to a kitchen with raw chicken dumped in the sink.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The AI build-out is straining supplies of raw materials and electricity, a source of price pressure tied to a boom, not a slump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

“We want to look at the full life cycle … not only thinking from the cradle to the grave, but from the point where the raw materials are extracted at the beginning,” Stanton says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“Edda,” he says, and my name breaks in his mouth; it comes out guttural and raw.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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