citizen
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“They’re looking for a U.S. citizen with a pulse,” Johnson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The 57-year-old, once a senior advisor to Britain's prime minister David Cameron, moved stateside in search of the "California dream" before becoming a US citizen in 2021.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Los Angeles could not exist the way that it does without stolen water,” AnMarie Mendoza, a Tongva citizen and University of California, Los Angeles doctoral researcher, told Salon.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bradley Townsend was killed in Ukraine in June and is believed to be the first British citizen fighting for Russia to die in the conflict.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
And just what should the scientist and the citizen learn from the history of science?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Like a church, a town hall, or hôtel de ville in French, is a “common home where citizens marry, vote and honor their elders,” Mr. Lévy says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
US First Lady Melania Trump said in a surprise announcement Friday she had secured a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the ravaged city of Oleshky, where citizens are trapped and short of food.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
It is against federal law for immigrants who are not naturalized citizens to vote or register to do so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The document states that a majority of the seven-member board must be U.S. citizens at all times, and the U.S. government can appoint one “non-voting observer” to join the group.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Thousands of citizens would wait for hours to view Lincoln's open casket under the great dome inside the Capitol.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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