ell

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Noun
  • The armed wing of Hamas said on Thursday the hostages were distributed throughout the neighborhoods of Gaza City.
    Reuters, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
  • By contrast, left-wing extremist incidents, including those tied to anarchist or environmental movements, have made up about 10 to 15 percent of incidents and less than 5 percent of fatalities.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But the program ground to a halt when Germany blocked the export of the engines, citing a European Union arms embargo on China introduced after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Connect the adapter to the blade and then clamp it onto the arm.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Ell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ell. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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