Hobson's choices

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Noun
  • The following year, in one of the most notorious incidents of the war, Naxals killed 76 members of the security forces in an ambush in Chhattisgarh.
    Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
  • The report notes that things like advertising IDs, location sharing (which is often enabled by default), and even browser fingerprinting (specifically in Google Chrome) have been used to track US forces deployed to active conflict zones.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs, are funds that buy hundreds of leveraged loans and sell slices of the cash flow to investors at different levels of risk.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
  • But Wayans couldn't continue on the series due to his obligations to ABC's Happy Endings, and so Lamorne Morris joined in episode 2 as a new character.
    Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
Noun
  • Various state and federal laws protect voters and their right to cast a ballot and protect elections officials in their duties.
    Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Furthermore, because today’s postgraduate trainees are increasingly eager for meaningful public service, university hospitals that enthusiastically support military reserve duties will possess a unique, highly attractive recruitment tool for top medical talent.
    Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026
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