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Previous searches had focussed on the river close to Wensum Park where a member of the public reported seeing a woman matching Ms Lord's description at about 16:00 GMT last Friday.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023

Bruegel said governments had focussed most of the support on non-targeted measures to curb the retail price consumers pay for energy, such as VAT cuts on petrol or retail power price caps.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023

Neither school has excluded students but had focussed on educating pupils and parents.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2021

Kuznets had come up with his inverted-U-shaped curve only because he had focussed on too small a slice of history.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 26, 2019

No tunnels to shut out some wonderful view, just as our eyes had focussed on it, no black smoke, no stuffy air, no need to think of time tables!

From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic