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Zaghari-Ratcliffe added there was only one, old industrial sewing machine in the prison and she was assigned to be in charge of its use.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Maras and Ramsay make the wise choice to shoot the film with richly saturated color instead of the usual grayish, desaturated look often assigned to period pieces set in this era.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

When we recruited another group of commuters and randomly assigned them to do one of those three things, however, we found the opposite: Commuters reported having the best commute when they talked with a stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In contrast, southern Patagonia had yielded only scattered fossils that could not confidently be assigned to a specific species.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

When she and her friends went to the assigned meeting place the next day, the room they met in was crowded with eager young women who’d received similar calls.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein