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some

[suhm, suhm] / sʌm, səm /
ADJECTIVE
few
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ADJECTIVE
a little
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After two nights of unrest, pockets of protests held in some areas of Northern Ireland have passed off without incident following a "robust" police response.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The rally in optical stocks has lost some of its fire, but that just means investors have the chance to score better deals on quality stocks, according to a J.P.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

“Today’s equity market faces one of the biggest shifts in supply we have seen in some time,” Unlimited Funds Chief Executive Bob Elliott wrote to clients Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

“I do believe that some of them were on hunger strikes,” Gomez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Doody donates some of the money from the fund to leprosariums in the Philippines, all in Joey Guerrero’s name.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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