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Recent Examples of armed
Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Violence has spiraled in the West Bank for the past year and a half, as Israel has fought wars with armed groups like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
As an alternative to relying on armed police, the city of Durham, N.C., in 2022 launched a 50-member team, made up of mental health counselors, social workers and citizens who have undergone treatment for mental illness and substance abuse.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Christopher Leap, one of two NYPD supervisors shot and wounded by an armed gang member suspected of robbing a Lower East Side mah-jongg parlor will be among the speakers railing against the mayor on Thursday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
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The civilian oversight body voted to tighten the department’s alcohol policy, lowering the acceptable blood-alcohol level for an off-duty, armed officer to 0.04% in some situations.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Violence has spiraled in the West Bank for the past year and a half, as Israel has fought wars with armed groups like Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
As an alternative to relying on armed police, the city of Durham, N.C., in 2022 launched a 50-member team, made up of mental health counselors, social workers and citizens who have undergone treatment for mental illness and substance abuse.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Christopher Leap, one of two NYPD supervisors shot and wounded by an armed gang member suspected of robbing a Lower East Side mah-jongg parlor will be among the speakers railing against the mayor on Thursday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Pineau des Charentes is a unique fortified wine produced in western France, specifically in the Charente and Charente-Maritime departments.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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However, products like fortified breads, cereals, fruit snacks, granola bars and fruit punch will lose the label unless they are reformulated to meet the new definition.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Scotland youth international has several admirers in Europe prepared to provide a first-team pathway and a wage of more than £20,000 a week.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Third-party experts are well-equipped to build comprehensive talent agendas, and addressing this proactively allows investors to be prepared for the challenges ahead.Dan Hawkins, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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Each child was assigned a part of a flowerbed and chose what to do with it.Alon Avital, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
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Since 2010, the NCAA has required transgender athletes assigned male at birth to undergo at least one year of testosterone suppression therapy before becoming eligible to compete on women's teams.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Replacement benefits may be issued to cover the eligible household's loss, up to the maximum SNAP benefit amount allotted for the month.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
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About $6 billion of grant funding has been allotted to the project, which will take up around 6,500 square feet of the high school, according to Callender.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Conventional wisdom says that the business is ripe for it, because there are too many services aimed at general audiences, and the landscape just keeps getting more confusing.Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The nose features ripe black cherries, plums, violets, and hints of tobacco.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Many schools allocated the first shifts to middle and high schools, assuming older kids could better handle going to school in the dark, notes Terra Ziporyn Snider, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Start School Later.Lynne Peeples, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
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And that’s not nearly enough for the hundreds of millions of dollars and draft resources allocated after the 2019 roster dismantling.Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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