Choose the correct word to fit into the blank, in the correct tense: decent, descent, or dissent.
Minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday said that a spate of negative reports about the government’s performance were not an outcome of its policies, but of “unsuccessfully manufactured _____” against it. (The Hindustan Times)
Keep that in mind as we go on through the news that the Supreme Court Monday, by a 7-1 vote, Mr. Justice Thomas _____, ordered that a man named Timothy Foster, currently residing on death row in Georgia, be given a new trial, as explained by Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal. (Esquire Magazine)
The letter cited several causes of concern: In March, Ms. Lynch testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI was looking into information regarding climate change _____ and “whether or not it meets the criteria for what we could take action on.” (The Washington Times)
After enjoying the scenery at the top, the group started their _____ of the mountain around 11:30am. (The New Straits Times)
After he returned to Strydom the pair began their _____, but it was soon clear that something was seriously amiss. (The Guardian)
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Minister of state for information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday said that a spate of negative reports about the government’s performance were not an outcome of its policies, but of “unsuccessfully manufactured dissent” against it. (The Hindustan Times)
Keep that in mind as we go on through the news that the Supreme Court Monday, by a 7-1 vote, Mr. Justice Thomas dissenting, ordered that a man named Timothy Foster, currently residing on death row in Georgia, be given a new trial, as explained by Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal. (Esquire Magazine)
The letter cited several causes of concern: In March, Ms. Lynch testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the FBI was looking into information regarding climate change dissent and “whether or not it meets the criteria for what we could take action on.” (The Washington Times)
After enjoying the scenery at the top, the group started their descent of the mountain around 11:30am. (The New Straits Times)
After he returned to Strydom the pair began their descent, but it was soon clear that something was seriously amiss. (The Guardian)