civil
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He added that under civil service guidance he would not have been allowed to tell the prime minister about details of the vetting, only his final decision on the case.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
His future slate includes Apple’s sci-fi thriller “Liminal” and the civil rights drama “By Any Means” with Mark Wahlberg.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Committee chair Dame Emily Thornberry has said the Foreign Office's Chief Property and Security Officer Ian Collard and former Foreign Office top civil servant Sir Philip Barton have also been asked to give evidence.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
IHR said more than 100 civil society activists had been arrested since the war broke out, including prize-winning rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was detained on April 2.
From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026
He asked the Reichstag members to suspend civil rights, and they did.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Vocabulary lists containing civil
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" (1863)
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"Of Mice and Men"
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