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The bill also bans administrative requirements like licensing, inspection, additional insurance thresholds, professional management mandates and conditional-use permits.—
Mark Dee,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Mar. 2026 -
Although states can deploy their National Guard troops to support elections (many use National Guard members to help with state cybersecurity, for instance), federal law clearly bans the federal government from sending soldiers to polling places.—
Miles Parks,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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This category includes consumer spending and private investment, but excludes volatile items like exports, inventories and government spending.—
Paul Wiseman,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Third, the chilling requirement of four to five hundred hours — the number of winter hours below 45 degrees needed for flowering to occur — eliminates much of Los Angeles as an appropriate locale for nut production.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
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Removing the dipstick when an electronic sensor is already on the engine simplifies production costs and eliminates two or more parts from the engine.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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Patience demonstrates care and prevents avoidable mix-ups.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Mar. 2026
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Cleaning your coffee maker regularly ensures better-tasting coffee, prevents malfunctions, and extends the life of your machine.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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And to me, that’s very alien to imagine that the Universe could be not following some laws, that there isn’t some set of rules out there that determines what really happens?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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None of this rules out an agreement on Chinese investments in the US as part of a broader trade deal.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The constitution of the International Telecommunication Union prohibits harmful interference with the radio navigation satellite signal band.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
12 Mar. 2026
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The bill also prohibits anyone from shooting a gun within 1,000 feet of a school during operating hours or during school events.—
Camila Gomez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
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Litigation brought by five Maryland independents is also challenging the constitutionality of a primary system that shuts out the very voters who fund it.—
Terry Lierman,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Feb. 2026
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That shuts out about 70 percent of the middle class, not to mention all of those households who earn less than $53,000.—
Jill Schlesinger,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Blacklists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blacklists. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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