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However, the inter-generational argument of burdening future generations to pay for present-day debt isn’t a straightforward one.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
In a journal entry devoted to the Endeavour’s first landing in New Zealand, near present-day Gisborne, Cook treats the killing of the Māori as regrettable but justified.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Season 1, one of the best, follows a series of vicious present-day copycat murders after an ‘80s Halloween massacre.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
Most balked at the idea of worrying about future generations and instead bemoaned present-day population pressures.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Israel’s systematic oppression and slaughter of the Palestinians is a present-day abomination.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
But that hasn’t stopped viewers from drawing parallels between the brutal period of China’s history, depicted in the show’s opening, and present-day American politics.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
The Netflix adaptation featured an international cast and placed much of the action in present-day London — thus making the story a lot less Chinese.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
This semi-aquatic ecosystem stretched across present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
In a journal entry devoted to the Endeavour’s first landing in New Zealand, near present-day Gisborne, Cook treats the killing of the Māori as regrettable but justified.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Season 1, one of the best, follows a series of vicious present-day copycat murders after an ‘80s Halloween massacre.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2024
Most balked at the idea of worrying about future generations and instead bemoaned present-day population pressures.
—Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Mar. 2024
Israel’s systematic oppression and slaughter of the Palestinians is a present-day abomination.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
But that hasn’t stopped viewers from drawing parallels between the brutal period of China’s history, depicted in the show’s opening, and present-day American politics.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
The Netflix adaptation featured an international cast and placed much of the action in present-day London — thus making the story a lot less Chinese.
—Nectar Gan, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
This semi-aquatic ecosystem stretched across present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Brazil.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Present-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/present-day. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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