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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s top court voted narrowly in the early hours Thursday to turn down an attempt by former President Luiz Inacio da Silva to stay out of jail while he appeals a corruption conviction, a decision that will have widespread implications in the polarized nation.
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polarize / póʊlərὰɪz / が気になります。the polarで「極の、極地の」を意味するので、上記での意味は「極地の国」と予測しました。『ジーニアス英和辞典』を引くと「〈光〉を偏光させる」「…を（２つに）分裂させる; …を2極化させる」とありました。LDOCEでは“to divide into clearly separate groups with opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to make do this”と定義されています。(Kiwi girl)
