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while

[hwahyl, wahyl] / ʰwaɪl, waɪl /




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Kirk is free on bond while the Ninth U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Rubio said in the statement that, while in the U.S.,

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

An international team of researchers from Bochum and Heidelberg in Germany and Beijing in China identified the drug while screening a collection of antiviral compounds.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

But the effort, while remarkable, was to avoid what Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged was a "potential tragedy".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

She had stuck around while E’s aunties and mom and family friends dressed her in her Osage clothes.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith