in a state
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Four of the state’s sole Black legislators pleaded with their colleagues to preserve Louisiana’s two Black-majority districts in a state where a third of voters are Black.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
Their work connects the Boltzmann brain hypothesis, the second law of thermodynamics, and the related "past hypothesis," which assumes the universe began in a state of low entropy.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
The stock market, however, is in a state of bliss.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
Ding, from Lawrenceville, N.J., is in a weekend law program at Seton Hall University and works on affordable housing as an administrator in a state agency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
In the middle of it all, with family members in a state of ire over their love affair, she got cold feet.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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