brought
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It has also brought together Israeli and Lebanese army officials to enhance security coordination around their shared opponent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The case was later reclassified to be linked with Lea County, New Mexico, because the dog was brought over by a New Mexico resident to the clinic in Texas, officials said.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Four years before Gregg, the Supreme Court had brought the death penalty to a halt in Furman v.
From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026
Today, when Thakur thinks of Aadhya, he remembers the biscuits he brought home and the way she ran into his arms.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Members of our group, too, who had to spend the night, kept raincoats, hats, anything they had brought with them, in that room.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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