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Also, set upon . Attack or assail, as in The dog set at the postman , or The hyenas set upon the wounded lion . The first term dates from the early 1400s, the variant from the late 1300s.

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Last week, TV personality Sharon Osbourne said the group should have their United States work visas revoked after they ended their set at Coachella, an annual music festival in California, with pro-Palestinian messages.

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The group has faced recent criticism after they displayed messages about the war in Gaza during their set at US music festival Coachella earlier this month.

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"We are likely to see a strong response – one that signals resolve to both domestic audiences and actors in Pakistan. Since 2016 and especially after 2019, the threshold for retaliation has been set at cross-border or air strikes," military historian Srinath Raghavan told the BBC.

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The complaint also alleged that 1Fifty1failed to pay some employees the minimum wage for Long Beach concessionaire workers, currently set at $17.97 an hour, as well as overtime wages for employees who worked seven- or eight-hour shifts seven days a week.

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At the end of their set at the second weekend of Coachella, which was not streamed on the festival's official YouTube page, Kneecap projected three screens of text.

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