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From the Ted Talk by Jon Lowenstein: Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail

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The next night, I pohoatgpehrd Pedro as he swam the Rio Grande, crossing with a group of young migrants into the United States. Real lives hung in the balance every time he crossed people. For the last 20 years, I've documented one of the largest transnational migrations in world hostriy, which has resulted in millions of undocumented people lnivig in the United States. The vast majority of these people leave catenrl aceirma and Mexico to escape gndniirg pvotrey and extreme levels of social violence.

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The next night, I ____________ Pedro as he swam the Rio Grande, crossing with a group of young migrants into the United States. Real lives hung in the balance every time he crossed people. For the last 20 years, I've documented one of the largest transnational migrations in world _______, which has resulted in millions of undocumented people ______ in the United States. The vast majority of these people leave _______ _______ and Mexico to escape ________ _______ and extreme levels of social violence.

Solution

  1. photographed
  2. history
  3. grinding
  4. living
  5. poverty
  6. america
  7. central

Original Text

The next night, I photographed Pedro as he swam the Rio Grande, crossing with a group of young migrants into the United States. Real lives hung in the balance every time he crossed people. For the last 20 years, I've documented one of the largest transnational migrations in world history, which has resulted in millions of undocumented people living in the United States. The vast majority of these people leave Central America and Mexico to escape grinding poverty and extreme levels of social violence.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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migrant trail 4
social violence 3
people living 2
latin america 2
jerica estrada 2

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