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Her pain was so bad at one point in her late teens that doctors took out her perfectly healthy appendix, believing it was the source of her agony.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
As a nonprofit, it doesn’t have to reveal the source of its funding.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
The staff worked late nights and with little sleep to get the loan through in a matter of weeks, the source said.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
It interrogated the criteria of credibility themselves—what makes a teaching trustworthy, what makes a source authoritative, what distinguishes faithful transmission from motivated distortion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Even the rating agencies, who they at first assumed would be the most informed source, hadn’t a clue.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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