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Eala, meanwhile, has been criticised for her elite background.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
And it’s not, he said, background noise, such as the barely audible soundtrack from Wizarding World.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
There are also the legions of sponsors and guests, who follow the race from bleachers at the summit and nibble on petits fours while the competition rages in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those measurements helped rule out other possibilities, such as a distant background star or a brown dwarf whose atmosphere also contained carbon monoxide.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
From what I’ve heard, she never disappeared into the background.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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These clashes don’t mean that Americans from divergent backgrounds can never find common ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
These are record levels of awards for people from less wealthy backgrounds - and more than double the amount from five years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He said children from vulnerable or disadvantaged backgrounds were particularly affected.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
We learn a bit about the backgrounds of both actors, as they situate themselves in the American story they are seeking to expand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Wallace and Darwin had emerged from vastly different social and ideological backgrounds.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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