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evensongs

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plural of evensong

as in thanksgivings

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Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Why the invocations of Tubman, the readings of Du Bois, the visits from Hamer?

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026

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More than a thousand habeas petitions were filed in Minnesota courts between December and February (compared with only seventy-three habeas petitions during the previous year).

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
In addition, the parliamentarian refers to the appropriate committee legislation from the other chamber, communications from other branches of government and state and local governments, and petitions from private citizens.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

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Keep photos, serial numbers, maintenance receipts and technician notes because these only strengthen claims and appeals.

— Alora Bopray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Habeas petitions are often filed as a last resort and to protect against unlawful confinement after appeals are exhausted, as happened after Maxwell’s conviction and sentencing.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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