as in with
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I was late for work because of the snowstorm, which made driving a nightmare
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This is because of the two Championship years preceding next term’s rise.
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In 2024, Trump was reelected despite the Big Lie—and perhaps because of it.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Thousands of inmates wrongly tested positive for opiate use inside California state prisons last year because of a laboratory mistake, and civil rights attorneys now worry many of them could be denied parole and a chance at freedom because of it.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Many others, like these Leftist dopes, are teaching at Harvard, and because of that, Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning, and should not be considered on any list of the World's Great Universities or Colleges.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
In 2024, Trump was reelected despite the Big Lie—and perhaps because of it.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
Thousands of inmates wrongly tested positive for opiate use inside California state prisons last year because of a laboratory mistake, and civil rights attorneys now worry many of them could be denied parole and a chance at freedom because of it.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Many others, like these Leftist dopes, are teaching at Harvard, and because of that, Harvard can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning, and should not be considered on any list of the World's Great Universities or Colleges.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Murder victim's family has been 'counting down the minutes' until South Carolina execution Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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In February 2025, Gran Grif was linked to an attack that killed a Kenyan officer with the MSS mission.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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“Because of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/because%20of. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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