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From the Ted Talk by Tiana Epps-Johnson: An election redesign to restore trust in US democracy

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Last summer, I was at my first conference since the start of the pandemic, and I was going up the escalator and I lkoced eyes with this election official who I absolutely adore. Let's call her Sarah. I ran and I gave Sarah a huge hug, and I realized that probably 60 seconds psased before we let go. And when we did, I was crying and so was Sarah. Sarah's life got flipped totally upside down after the 2020 eleciton, when a vicious conspiracy theory about her office went viral. Almost ietamlimedy, the death threats started to roll in, and they were unneilrteng and they were very specific about the harm that they wished upon Sarah and her hunbsad and their chdlrein. And still, Sarah never backed down from tlleing the truth about the process that she led. In that moment, I was so omelwhreevd with gratitude and love and admiration for Sarah that I couldn't help the tears. But I think if I'm being super, super heonst, I was just so happy that my friend was still here to hug.

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Last summer, I was at my first conference since the start of the pandemic, and I was going up the escalator and I ______ eyes with this election official who I absolutely adore. Let's call her Sarah. I ran and I gave Sarah a huge hug, and I realized that probably 60 seconds ______ before we let go. And when we did, I was crying and so was Sarah. Sarah's life got flipped totally upside down after the 2020 ________, when a vicious conspiracy theory about her office went viral. Almost ___________, the death threats started to roll in, and they were ___________ and they were very specific about the harm that they wished upon Sarah and her _______ and their ________. And still, Sarah never backed down from _______ the truth about the process that she led. In that moment, I was so ___________ with gratitude and love and admiration for Sarah that I couldn't help the tears. But I think if I'm being super, super ______, I was just so happy that my friend was still here to hug.

Solution


  1. telling
  2. overwhelmed
  3. unrelenting
  4. husband
  5. honest
  6. election
  7. locked
  8. children
  9. immediately
  10. passed

Original Text


Last summer, I was at my first conference since the start of the pandemic, and I was going up the escalator and I locked eyes with this election official who I absolutely adore. Let's call her Sarah. I ran and I gave Sarah a huge hug, and I realized that probably 60 seconds passed before we let go. And when we did, I was crying and so was Sarah. Sarah's life got flipped totally upside down after the 2020 election, when a vicious conspiracy theory about her office went viral. Almost immediately, the death threats started to roll in, and they were unrelenting and they were very specific about the harm that they wished upon Sarah and her husband and their children. And still, Sarah never backed down from telling the truth about the process that she led. In that moment, I was so overwhelmed with gratitude and love and admiration for Sarah that I couldn't help the tears. But I think if I'm being super, super honest, I was just so happy that my friend was still here to hug.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
election officials 9
united states 2
election infrastructure 2
election system 2
count ballots 2
feel comfortable 2


Important Words


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