historical
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His gaze shifts past snapshots he once documented of historical taut moments in Los Angeles like the 1966 Sunset Strip riots of West Hollywood or the 1970 Chicano Moratorium in Boyle Heights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Even events once regarded as world-defining eventually have to share the historical landscape with everything that follows.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Equality between women and men will never stop at the foot of our historical monuments, nor anywhere in this city. It must be applied everywhere, for everyone."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The more physical and in-person the work is, the lower the unemployment tends to be by that occupation’s own historical standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
If they sometimes behave like actors in a historical drama, that is often how they regarded themselves.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing historical
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Reading: Informational - Middle School
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