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as in deprivation
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as in displacement
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After more than a year of bombardment and deprivation, all of Gaza’s children are in urgent need of support UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell issued a statement on Jan. 15, 2025 welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes,
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Chronic sleep deprivation increases the risk of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure.—
Desireé Oostland,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2025
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To make this discovery now, as the community faced new displacement, felt profound.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Hefner, director of the city’s Housing and Neighborhood Services, said former Lamplighter tenants can reach out to the caseworker assigned to them when the city’s mass displacement effort began in December.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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Economic privation could further encourage violent competition between Syrian armed groups over territory and revenues.—
Sam Heller,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2024
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But envisioning the privation that followed, with Panguna shut down, requires little imagination.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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The infamous Long Island fabulist needs revenue from the podcast to pay the $205,000 in forfeiture cash that would be due a month before sentencing, his lawyers wrote in a letter to Federal Court Judge Joanna Seybert.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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In a filing last week, Santos’s team noted he is required to pay a forfeiture money judgment 30 days prior to sentencing.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
8 Jan. 2025
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Jean-Marie challenged the expulsion in court but was finally kicked out in 2018.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Jan. 2025
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That has set up a clash between what Trump’s billionaire advisers need to line their pockets and the broad crackdowns and expulsions that Trump promised voters.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2025
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But now, with the ouster of the younger al-Assad, maybe the film can be screened more widely.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Four years ago, the city of L.A. was a major stronghold for Gascón, playing a significant role in the ouster of then-Dist.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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During his first administration, Trump pressured Mexico to increase the number of detentions and deportations of migrants from Mexico, accelerating a trend that had already begun under the Obama administration.—
Angel Escamilla Garcia,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2025
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Trump has pledged to carry out the largest mass deportation program in U.S. history.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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To track state-to-state migration trends, the U.S. Census Bureau used data from the American Community Survey and anonymized IRS address changes.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2025
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Remote work has rewritten the playbook for PC migrations, turning what was once a straightforward office procedure into a high-stakes logistical challenge.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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