settlement
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Vehicle exports rebounded as production returned to normal following the settlement of labor unrest at Hyundai Motor, the country’s largest carmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The medieval remains demonstrate that the ridge was used again many centuries after the prehistoric settlement had been abandoned.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
But as originally proposed, it is likely most other workers will have to live and work in the UK for 10 years before being eligible for permanent settlement.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
No ruling or settlement has been reached on the matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Yet Farmer only had to look at the changes in Cange from when he’d first visited the settlement six years earlier.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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These communities often constructed fortified sites, and strategically located settlements controlling surrounding territories.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
TikTok and YouTube were also named as defendants in the case, but both had already reached settlements with the plaintiffs, known by their initials SJ and KDB, their lawyers said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
It said most workers would also be barred from settlements from Sunday, with the exception of industrial zones and a limited number of other areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
John and Laura Overdeck are engaged in a divorce trial that could produce one of the largest settlements in history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
That’s why settlements, and by inference tribes, began to proliferate in the Fertile Crescent at that time, when climate changes and improved technology combined to permit abundant harvests of wild cereals.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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The Middle East and Central Asia - Introductory
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