serve
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The 16-year-old will have to serve 14 years and 133 days before being eligible for release.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Her deputy Aaron Lukas would serve as acting Director of National Intelligence, the president added.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
More than a spectacle, the event was meant to serve as what Mr. Bordewich calls a “grand theater of national harmony where Americans could come together again in a performance of patriotic self-affirmation.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“He knew his one purpose was to serve this beautiful community,” his son Yasser Kaziha said at an event in recent days captured on video.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Winky sold the cans to Pepe’s Café, where they used them to serve cafĕ con leche—espresso and condensed milk.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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