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Recent Examples of schoolbookCar dashboards with controls that only appear when they're needed, schoolbooks and maps that physically animate concepts.—New Atlas, 15 Dec. 2025 In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that should hold pencils and schoolbooks hammer rocks and search for the minerals that power electric vehicle batteries, solar cells, and wind turbines.—Xanthe Scharff, Time, 22 Sep. 2025 After Moscow launched a war against Ukraine, broke with the West, and pivoted toward non-Western audiences, Putin firmly embraced civilizational discourse, which is now official policy and a mainstay of presidential speeches and even schoolbooks.—Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025 Finally, the Supreme Court issued a major religion decision about the rights of parents to opt their children out of classes in which material, like schoolbooks with LGBTQ characters, violate their religious beliefs.—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for schoolbook
The second the fight began, Rousey exploded forward, secured a clinch, executed a textbook judo takedown, and immediately transitioned into her trademark armbar before Carano could settle into the fight.
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Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
Rousey wasted no time shooting a textbook double-leg takedown, taking top position against her fellow MMA icon and locking up an armbar finish in a whopping 17 seconds to close out the first-ever MMA card on Netflix.
Despite allegations of differential treatment, Tolcher said punishments were issued according to the discipline policies and procedures in the school’s parent and student handbook.
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Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2026
According to a handbook from the Texas Attorney General's Office, a capital conviction is typically appealed to both the state court and federal court.