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Recent Examples of nonresidentsLibrary cards for nonresidents The nonresident library cards offer unlimited borrowing.—Dallas Morning News, 12 Jan. 2026
But in the middle of yet another generational energy crisis, its second in four years, dependence on foreigners for much of the EU’s energy needs has returned to haunt the continent.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
Long-term needs like schools, visas and stable residency can be more complicated for foreigners.
Now, most Memphis barbecue restaurants serve BBQ spaghetti, and even outsiders of Memphis know that BBQ spaghetti is a part of our famous barbecue culture.
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Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
But these unknown early writings suggest that he may be better understood as an immigrant writer—one of the gifted, ambivalent outsiders who remade American literature after World War II—whose most astonishing achievement was the all-American voice of On the Road and the books that came after.