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“He attained absolute power and lost sight of the goal,” said milk farmer Imre Barna, 32, standing in front of a stall selling “Make Hungary Great Again” T-shirts with Orbán’s picture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
There’s also the matter of standing out to employers as the way of work changes.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
He was suspended from his role as chairman and banned from standing in elections for any public roles for a year.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
After the statement, a well-known photo of Donald Trump, Melania, Epstein, and Maxwell together at an event in the year 2000, standing close and looking awfully cozy, began to circulate online once again.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Willem, standing near the back, whispered back what he could see of the blacked-out city.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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