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Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Dairo Juvenal Mucutuy, another uncle, told local media that one of kids said he wanted to start walking.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2023
Juvenal Solano, senior community organizer for the Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project, says that Catalina Cruz's experience is common because companies pay less for workers compensation insurance if workers don't make claims.
From Salon • Dec. 13, 2022
The Roman poet Juvenal asked: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
He spent a year at home in study, mastering mathematics, which he so disliked, and reading Tacitus, Juvenal, Persius, Hume, Hallam, and the like.
From Famous American Statesmen by Bolton, Sarah Knowles
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