Ripped from the Headlines: July 2021: This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for July 17–July 23, 2021

Stories about the Hubble Space Telescope, a lucky kangaroo, and medieval caves all contributed words to this list of vocabulary from the week's news.

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Ripped from the Headlines: July 2021: This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for July 17–July 23, 2021﻿

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Ripped from the Headlines: July 2021: This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for July 17–July 23, 2021