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refer

[ri-fur] / rɪˈfɜr /






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His legal team have asked me to refer to it as “selling tulips.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Scientists refer to this as a Trojan horse effect, and the researchers say it may also play a role in the spread of antibiotic resistance.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

Celan would later refer to the Shoah with the terrible restraint of “that which happened.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Hamilton said the decision to refer the case to the Court of Session "had not been taken lightly".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

But they who have not seen such experiences, ought to refer themselves to the Narrations, and authority of such, who have seen such things.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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