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1. Family members of Manuel Diaz, who died in a weekend police shooting, have poured their anger into a civil rights lawsuit¹ against Anaheim, California. This as public outrage² spilled onto the streets in a fourth day of violence.

2. Turkey sealed its border with Syria to trucks on Wednesday, cutting off a vital supply line to the embattled nation. Fighting also stretched into a fifth day in Aleppo, Syria's largest city.

3. Sherman Hemsley, best known for his role as a blustering³ black Harlem businessman on television's "The Jeffersons", died at his El Paso, Texas home Tuesday, police said. He was 74 years old.

4. And a family dispute over disagreements on the late king of pop's will have pit Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine and children against Jackson's siblings⁴. The feud⁵ has played out through social media, blog posts and national television broadcasts.

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1 lawsuit
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。 He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

2 outrage
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
参考例句：
When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。 We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

3 blustering
adj.狂风大作的，狂暴的v.外强中干的威吓( bluster的现在分词 )；咆哮；（风）呼啸；狂吹
参考例句：
It was five and a half o'clock now, and a raw, blustering morning. 这时才五点半，正是寒气逼人，狂风咆哮的早晨。来自辞典例句 So sink the shadows of night, blustering, rainy, and all paths grow dark. 夜色深沉，风狂雨骤；到处途暗路黑。来自辞典例句

4 siblings
n.兄弟，姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
参考例句：
A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。来自《简明英汉词典》 She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。来自时文部分

5 feud
n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇
参考例句：
How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？ The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。