of a sort
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And so we are seeing judicial opinions of a sort that we have not seen before either.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Largely ignored by his parents, he failed to develop normal social skills, but as compensation of a sort, in Mr. Margolick’s words, “with distance came a knack for scrutinizing and mimicking other people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The families of the missing are now demanding answers and justice, from the new Syria – which held its first parliamentary election, of a sort, earlier this month.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
Such fantasies were an instructive form of projection, of a sort that may seem oddly familiar today.
From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024
She supposed that she and the younger workers, including Heather, would become friends, of a sort.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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