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Three men were shot Tuesday in Atlanta near the set of a music video purportedly being filmed by rapper Lil Baby.
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Zavala soon realized she and her NGO, RCM, had been featured prominently in a social media thread showing flyers purportedly found in Matamoros, Mexico, that were urging migrants to illegally vote for Joe Biden in the upcoming election.
—NPR, 15 May 2024
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Zavala soon realized she and her NGO, RCM, had been featured prominently in a social media thread showing flyers purportedly found in Matamoros, Mexico, that were urging migrants to illegally vote for Joe Biden in the upcoming election.
—NPR, 15 May 2024
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“Purportedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purportedly. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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