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Mr. Kensil told us to telephone him when we reached our respective sports desks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The Presbyterian Church of the U.S. and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, a Catholic religious order, filed the respective proposals.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Panish reminded jurors that witnesses testified that, in the September 2020 incident, Grossman and her then-lover Erickson were racing their respective Mercedes SUVs on the roads that surrounded the lake in Westlake Village.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
What makes the dwelling all the more special is the fact that it was the place where the actors’ respective families first “blended,” Steenburgen added.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
The planets themselves moved on smaller circles attached to their respective spheres in order to account for their rather complicated observed paths in the sky.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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