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Back in 2019, standing on that Dongguan campus with white marble horses rearing in front of a French neoclassical facade, Huawei’s defiance felt like a genuine statement of strength.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Oldman thought for a moment and replied: “I think I’m standing on it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The justices appeared skeptical of the administration’s standing to remove Cook; a decision is expected before the court breaks for its summer recess.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
In one of his first public appearances since the news, Keegan was handed an emotional standing ovation as he returned to Newcastle for a live event.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
And so as the huge vans rumbled down the Lagerstrasse the next day, I was standing in a corridor of the hospital waiting my turn at the eye clinic.
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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