receiving
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Calanche is also receiving supporting funds: the Fix Los Angeles PAC Supporting Calanche, Ugarte and Park for City Council 2026 has spent about $46,000 on her campaign to unseat Hernandez.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
This time, his eventful stay included being on the receiving end of jibes from Haye, who later called him "weak" and "brittle-spirited".
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Several victims told ProPublica and the Inquirer that the loss of the affidavit option meant they had no hope of receiving a settlement.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The 16 lawmakers who died this decade had an average age of 71, and half passed away after receiving cancer diagnoses.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
For receiving a message, of a sort, from a person who is long dead—why, if that did not count as seeing a ghost, then what did?
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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