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The Senedd's Petitions Committee held an inquiry in response to a petition signed by more than 3,000 people calling for smartphones to be banned in schools, except in exceptional circumstances.

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Later, he added: “I don’t have much to be around for except my son.”

Some clients had lost all of their possessions except “the pair of shoes that they got out of the fire with.”

Arkansas law bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy except when necessary to "save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency."

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Singh says he's been sober for seven years, except for the occasional beer.

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