characteristics
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From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
“He very much produces a lot of the characteristics we’re looking for,” Chapot said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The facts of the Fordingbridge attacks - and the characteristics of the offenders - were "very different", he said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The researchers found several characteristics that set these deep earthquakes apart from more familiar seismic events.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
It is supervised by another Met Bong with similar features and characteristics, who is just as zealous a believer in the Angkar as my previous supervisor.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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