On a gray November morning, stacks of essays sat on an admissions counselor’s desk at a New England liberal arts college. She had already read 60 that week. “I could tell within the first five lines ...

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LeBron James recently toured China for the 15th time as a signature Nike athlete, promoting his shoes and clothing apparel for the sporting goods conglomerate. And, as is customary when any NBA star ...

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A day after reports surfaced that LeBron James had published an Op-Ed in the Chinese state-run People’s Daily newspaper, the James camp is correcting the record. Over at The Athletic, longtime James ...

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The CBSE Class 9 English Half Yearly Sample Paper for 2025-26 is an essential resource for students preparing for their mid-term exams. This sample paper is designed to help them evaluate their ...

Synecdoche is a technique in which a part of something is made to represent the whole thing or the whole thing is made to represent a part. In Norman MacCaig's poem Visiting Hour, the speaker uses ...