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His maternal grandfather, Hassan al-Banna, founded the Muslim Brotherhood, an organization advocating a return to the Qurʾān and the Hadith (a corpus of the sayings or traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) as guidelines for a healthy and thriving Islamic society in the modern era.
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André Munro, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Mar. 2026
By rejoicing in the rich history of his corpus and using it to guide our own work.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Their Spotify corpus doesn’t match the onstage intensity.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
The result has been a flood of habeas-corpus petitions filed in federal courts—more than fifteen thousand in the past two months alone.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
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André Munro, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Mar. 2026
By rejoicing in the rich history of his corpus and using it to guide our own work.
—Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
Their Spotify corpus doesn’t match the onstage intensity.
—Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
The result has been a flood of habeas-corpus petitions filed in federal courts—more than fifteen thousand in the past two months alone.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
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Investors will also be watching for key economic data from China later today, including figures on urban unemployment, retail sales and industrial output.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Founders who understand this will invest less in controlling outputs and more in shaping the values, ethics, and behavioral norms that get encoded into their systems from the start.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The Lincolns wed on November 4, 1842, in the Edwardses’ parlor, where Mary’s corpse would be laid out four tumultuous decades later.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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But that one rampaging invader unleashes enough destruction and mayhem for a whole army, hurling cars and trucks and motorcycles through the air like toys, tearing though buildings as if they were made of cardboard, and leaving the streets littered with bloodied corpses.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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“Corpus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpus. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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