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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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Even amid the Israeli missiles, thousands of Palestinians were preparing to leave behind displacement camps and return en masse to homes in Gaza City and the north.—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Christian Science Monitor,
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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This ruling is a big step toward ending the abuse of civil forfeiture nationwide.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Santos must pay restitution of nearly $374,000 and forfeiture of more than $200,000 under the terms of his plea deal.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Marines saw an especially high number, with 3,700 expulsions.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Following that tragedy, fierce debate about gun regulations in the Tennessee legislature led to the dramatic expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers, who were later voted back into office.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Minnesota struggled to close contests in the Western Conference finals against Dallas last spring, which led to its ouster.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
21 Jan. 2025
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Warner was not the only Democrat to express dismay over Turner’s ouster.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Amid Trump’s mass deportations, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove directed U.S. attorneys to investigate state and local jurisdictions that fail to enforce immigration laws.—
Asher Notheis,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
23 Jan. 2025
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There are plenty of obvious worries, including the potential impact of mass deportations, an economic policy ripe with contradictions and, yes, the consequences of tariffs.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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But the development that sprung up around this mass migration of fortune seekers had a lasting impact on the state’s economy.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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These omissions are not only morally wrong, but also are not conducive to the Trump administration’s own goals of reducing migration.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Dispossession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossession. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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