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He is motivated in part by the fact that his two young kids don’t have a nearby park to play in.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026
El Tri earned a win without any other goals thanks, in part, to a great night by goalkeeper Raúl Rangel, who stopped a header by Cho Gue-sung in the 87th minute.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
The New York Fed has pressed banks to use it more, in part to reduce their demand to hold reserves at the Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Like its neighbours, Burkina Faso and Mali, Niger is run by a military junta that came to power in part because of the failure to deal with the violence.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
While at Harvard, I’d availed myself of fly-outs to San Francisco and Los Angeles, in part to check out entertainment-law practices there but also, if I was honest, because I’d never been to California.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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